A Study of College Students' Experiences of Parent-Child Conflict from the Family Resilience Perspective—Using Career Choice as an Example
| Autor: | Ching-Pei Lin, 林青霈 |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 103 The purpose of this study was to investigate college students' experiences of parent-child conflict over career choice and the resilience that their families showed during the conflict. A qualitative approach was adopted. Four people who had a conflict with their parents over career choice during college participated in this study. They were respectively interviewed based on a semi-structured in-depth interview. Their responses were later analyzed using the “holistic-content” narrative analysis method. The results were as follows: 1. Experience of a parent-child conflict over career choice: (1)This kind of conflict occurred when one's interest did not conform to his/her parents’ expectations and when there was a difference in career value between them. Parents’ values and expectations of their children’s career would vary depending on their children’s gender. (2)A shift of power would occur during parent-child conflict. (3)Involvement of a sub-system would enlarge the scope and intensity of the conflict. (4)This kind of conflict is not a single incident. It is a recurring conflict that may occur repetitively. (5)Recurrence of the conflict would lead to an increased intensity of future conflicts. 2. Family resilience during the parent-child conflict over career choice (1)Development of family resilience would be affected by past family experiences, and manifestations of family resilience would vary by family pattern. (2)Family resilience continuously developed and strengthened during conflicts while being affected by past experiences. (3)The following belief systems, organization patterns and communications that promoted family resilience were found: a. Belief systems: “relations and bonding between members are important”, “relations should be cherished, and must not be damaged”, “relations always remain firm despite the conflict”, and “Parents always support and protect their children”. b. Organizational patterns: “family members did not intervene at the time of the conflict”, “family members assisted in negotiation and solution of the conflict after its outbreak”, “external resources were utilized”, and “organizational changes were used to maintain the relations”. c. Communication processes: “emotional sharing”, “mutual tolerance and understanding”, “active explanation and clarification”, “active interaction and offering apology”, “ceasing quarrel”, “negotiation and compromise”. Active communications were helpful for solving family conflicts. (4)Family resilience was showed more and plentiful, could greatly mitigating the intensity of conflicts. (5)Family resilience was good for conflict coping and had a positive and continuous effect on the family. Even though family had a conflict again, the intensity of the conflict would not be too large, and would not be intense than the past. (6)Family resilience showed by the child and the parent in a parent-child conflict differed across gender. Finally, based on discussion of the findings, this study also provided suggestions to helping different family patterns like families with mental illness member, overturned the traditional gender roles, single-parent families, remarried families, and also for workers and future researchers. |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
| Externí odkaz: |
|