intergenerational value similarity; mainstream values; migrants; Germany; Israel
Abstract :
[en] Intergenerational value similarity has a different meaning for migrants and minorities compared to the majority society. Whereas high parent-child value similarity among majority families more likely indicates successful internalization of societal values, high intergenerational similarity among migrants may indicate a lack of social integration into the host society. The present paper links parent-adolescent value similarity among migrant/minority and majority families to subjective well-being in two societies, Germany and Israel (Total N = 977 families). Analyses assess intergenerational similarity on all values from the Schwartz value circumplex. Among majority groups intergenerational value similarity is a predictor of life satisfaction. In minority groups it is more so a low distance of a family’s value preferences to the modal values of the majority group that predicts life satisfaction – but only in Israel.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences Education & instruction
Identifiers :
UNILU:UL-ARTICLE-2012-1242
Author, co-author :
Hadjar, Andreas ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Languages, Culture, Media and Identities (LCMI)
Boehnke, Klaus; Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
Knafo, Ariel; Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Daniel, Ella; Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Musiol, Anna-Lena; Criminological Research Institute Lower Saxony, Hannover, Germany
Schiefer, David; School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
Möllering, Anna; School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
Language :
English
Title :
Parent-child value similarity and subjective well-being in the context of migration: An exploration