Parental authority in flux : a qualitative exploration of manifestations of power in parent - child relationships

Kuhar, Metka (author), Reiter, Herwig (author)

The aim of this article is to investigate the workings of parental authority in Slovenian families: how is parental authority asserted and how do adolescents react to parental authority? Based on a qualitative exploration, the study shows that parental authority is accommodated in ways that comply with the general culture of intergenerational negotiations; it is co-constituted as a joint product of family relationships. The ways of authority assertion differ according to the respective domain: it is predominantly indirect in the example of school performance, and more direct and coercive regarding participation in household chores.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2012
• Number of pages: Str. 277-304
• Numbering: Vol. 42, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-45534
• UDC: 316.356.2(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 0350-154X
• DOI: 10.5613/rzs.42.3.2
• COBISS.SI-ID: 32071517
• Publication date in RUL: 10.07.2015

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Revija za sociologiju
• Publisher: Hrvatsko sociološko društvo
• ISSN: 0350-154X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2899202

Secondary language

• Language: Croatian

Abstract

Svrha je članka proučiti djelovanje roditeljskoga autoriteta u slovenskim obiteljima: kako roditelji ostvaruju svoj autoritet i kako njihova djeca (post)adolescentske dobi na njega reagiraju? Kvalitativno istraživanje govori da se roditeljski autoritet prilagođuje općoj kulturi međugeneracijskih pregovaranja: on se uzajamno stvara kao zajednički proizvod obiteljskih odnosa. Načini potvrđivanja autoriteta razlikuju se prema pojedinim područjima: pretežno su posredne naravi na području školskog uspjeha djece, a neposrednijeg su i prisilnijeg karaktera kad je riječ o sudjelovanju u kućnim poslovima.