Value of Children and Family Change: A Three‐Decade Portrait From Turkey

Applied Psychology - Tập 54 Số 3 - Trang 317-337 - 2005
Çiğdem Kâğıtçıbaşı1, Bilge Ataca2
1Turkish Academy of Sciences and Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
2Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

Tóm tắt

L’étude turque sur la valeur conférée aux enfants a porté sur trois générations relevant de trois niveaux socio‐économiques dans centre métropolitain et deux zones rurales. Les résultats ont montré qu’il y avait sur les trois derrières décennies un net accroissement des valeurs psychologiques attribuées aux enfants et une chute correspondante des valeurs utilitaires et économiques. La préférence pour le fils a été remplacée par la préférence pour la fille, ce qui traduit un changement de la dynamique et des rôles familiaux. Des modifications analogues dans ce qui est attendu des enfants, les qualités que l’on souhaite trouver chez cux et les nombres réels, désirés et idéaux d’enfants sont cohérents avec les attentes; le modèle du changement familial proposé par Kagitcibasi est ainsi confirmé. Les comparaisons des valeurs attribuées aux enfants sur les trois décennies par génération et niveau social aide à comprendre l’évolution et le changement social de la société turque, voire de sociétés comparables.The Turkish Value of Children Study consisted of three generations from three socioeconomic strata in a metropolitan center and from two rural areas. The findings showed a sharp increase in the psychological, and a corresponding decrease in the utilitarian/economic values attributed to children over the last three decades. Son preference has been replaced by daughter preference, pointing to changing family dynamics and family roles. Corresponding modifications in expectations from (adult) children, qualities desired in children, and actual, desired, and ideal numbers of children are in line with expectations, providing support for Kagitcibasi's Model of Family Change. Comparisons of values attributed to children over three decades and across generations and social strata provide insights for understanding social change and development in Turkish society and possibly in similar societies.

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Applied Psychology

Tập 54 Số 3

317-337

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