Transcultural influences on the perception of parental rearing: a transgenerational study

✍ Scribed by M. Lundberg; C. Perris; R. Adolfsson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 96 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1063-3995
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0879(199902)6:1<7::aid-cpp184>3.0.co;2-y

✦ Synopsis

A random population sample comprised of 790 subjects (380 male and 410 female), aged 15±81 years, completed the EMBUÐa reliable and well explored questionnaire directed at assessing experiences of parental rearing. The aim of the study was to investigate to what extent time-bound cultural changes were reflected in the subjects' experiences of parental rearing. Subjects were divided into four age groups corresponding to various historical and cultural epochs, ranging from those who had experienced World War I and the great depression to those growing up in modern times. The results showed that small but significant changes between the age groups have occurred. In particular, a successive increase in the perception of parents as emotionally warm and caring, and a successive decrease in the experience of parental rejection, was found. The results confirm the importance of the historical cultural context in studies aimed at investigating factors which may contribute to the development of individual vulnerability.