Feeling at Home in a Multigenerational Household: The Importance of Control

Autor:	Edgar Liu, Hazel Easthope, Bruce Judd, Ian Burnley
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Control (management) Sense of control Development Space (commercial competition) Urban Studies Feeling Ontological security Meaning (existential) Property ownership Psychology Social psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Housing, Theory and Society. 32:151-170
ISSN:	1651-2278 1403-6096
DOI:	10.1080/14036096.2015.1031275
Popis:	The importance of property ownership for feelings of control and ontological security has received significant academic attention. Yet tenure may not be the only indicator of control over one’s dwelling. This paper considers the importance of control within the household in relation to household members’ feelings of home and highlights the importance of one’s relationship with other household members and their relative control over decision-making and the use of space. It draws upon research on multigenerational households in Australian cities, including a survey (n = 392), diaries (n = 21) and interviews (n = 21). Individuals’ feelings of home were influenced by their sense of control over their dwellings, which varied for different household members. This has significant implications for research on the meaning of home, and suggests that important synergies are possible between researchers concerned with the form and nature of social interactions within the family and housing researchers concern...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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