Lecture 7: the good and the bad in social relationships Flashcards
Associational solidarity
frequency and patterns of interaction
Affectual solidarity
positive sentiments held about family
members
Consensual solidarity
degree of agreement on values,
attitudes and beliefs
Functional solidarity
degree of helping and exchanges of
resources
Normative solidarity
strength of commitment to fulfilling
familial roles and meeting familial obligations
Structural solidarity
opportunity structure for family
interaction (e.g. health, proximity)
solidarity paradigm
criticism on the overly positive view on parent-child ties
- solidaruty puts emphasis on consensus and positive sentiment in family
- negative aspects of intergenerational ties are simply frames as a lack of solidarity
family conflict persepective
conflict is a normal spect of family relations
- solidarity and conflict don’t represent a single continuum from high solidarity to high conflict: it’s separate
definition of ambivalence
designates contradictions in relationships between parents and adult offspring that can’t be reconciled
the presence of both positive and negative perceptions of the parent-child relationship by an individual
sociological ambivalence:
contradictory normative expectations that occur in institutional resources and requirements
Psychological ambivalence:
contradictions in cognitions, emotions and motivations towards the same person (at subjective individual level)
results article ambivalence fingerman, hay & birditt)
- kin more often ambivalent than non-kin
- all close ties contain some conflict, doesn’t have to affect relationships on a whole
- coworkers listed as most conflictual
- the older, the less ambivalent feelings
- ambivalent is not necessarly problematic
results article peer-pressure
- more popularity, more peer pressure
- more peer pressure, more peer conformity
- more general conformity, less peer pressure and conformity
- girls have it less, but young adults in general more
- related to risk behavior and lower well-being
results article positive and negative evaluations of caregiving
caregiver burden indicator of the care context and care activities, linked to objective stressors
- spouses: high level of burden, personal bond important
- children: more choice and vary in commitment, personal bond
- other: less intense care, less positive evaluations