| Reference : Because I need them, because I don’t: Regulation of family relations between adult ch... |
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| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/38386 | |||
| Because I need them, because I don’t: Regulation of family relations between adult children and their parents | |
| English | |
Barros Coimbra, Stephanie  [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > >] | |
| Albert, Isabelle [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >] | |
| Ferring, Dieter [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >] | |
| Aug-2017 | |
| Yes | |
| No | |
| International | |
| 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (EADP) in Utrecht, Netherlands | |
| from 29-08-2017 to 01-09-2017 | |
| European Association of Developmental Psychology (EADP) | |
| Utrecht | |
| The Netherlands | |
| [en] Portuguese ; families ; Luxembourgish ; dyadic interviews ; relationship regulation ; cross-cultural comparison | |
| [en] The world’s demography has evolved requiring policy makers and practitioners all over the world to face in the next years important issues specifically related to the steadily increasing migration. Only few studies have, however, focused on the regulation of relations between adult children and their ageing parents in host national compared to immigrant families. Migrant families might be confronted with specific tasks. While the acculturation situation might give rise to an increased need for intergenerational support, an acculturation gap between both generations can potentially lead to different expectations. Adult children from immigrant families might, for instance, be subject to the experience of ambivalent or conflictual feelings regarding the desire to become independent from their parents; at the same time, they may feel the urge to conform to parental expectations or to support their parents in accordance to the values of their parents’ culture of origin. However, older parents may also undergo changes in their perception of intergenerational support and lower their expectations in the process of acculturation.
A qualitative cross-cultural comparison is conducted of n = 10 Portuguese and n = 10 Luxembourgish dyadic interviews of older parents and their adult children, both living in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. We will focus on different key issues regarding the regulation of intergenerational family relations between first and second generations of host nationals and immigrants focussing on processes such as interdependent and independent selfconstrual comparing both cultural groups and both generations. First analyses show a heightened importance of geographical proximity in Portuguese migrant families compared to Luxembourgish native families for family relations. Likewise, regular interactions appear to be more required, needed and expected in Portuguese migrant families, especially from the parents while this is only to some extent, supported by their children. | |
| Fonds National de la Recherche - FnR | |
| IRMA | |
| Researchers | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/38386 | |
| FnR ; FNR4009630 > Isabelle Astrid Albert > IRMA > Intergenerational Relations in the Light of Migration and Ageing > 01/09/2013 > 31/08/2016 > 2012 |
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