Trans-generational family relations : investigating ambivalences / edited by Isabelle Albert (University of Luxembourg), Emily Abbey (Ramapo Colege of New Jersey), Jaan Valsiner (Aalborg Univesity).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albert, Isabelle, editor.

Abbey, Emily, editor.

Valsiner, Jaan, editor.

Series:

Perspectives on human development.

Perspectives on human development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Psychological aspects.

Families.

Ambivalence.

Intergenerational relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2018.

Summary:

"The present volume deals with the experience of ambivalence in family relations - a well-known phenomenon that has inspired more and more research and theorizing in the last years but that is however sometimes difficult to capture. Bringing together junior and senior researchers from different parts of the world, ideas on theory and research are elaborated following qualitative and quantitative approaches. This book thus contributes to theory-building as well as outlining research results and helping to develop measurement in interpersonal and intergenerational relations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Series editor's foreword

Chapter 1. General Introduction: Looking at relations across generations: Ambivalence in context

Part I. Conceptual issues: Ambivalence and its study

Chapter 2. Tensegrity as existential condition: The inherent ambivalence of development / Luca Tateo

Chapter 3. The research act: Creating knowledge from the not (yet) known / Eugenia Gouvedari

Part II. Lifespan and transgenerational focus

Chapter 4. Multilevel approach to ambivalence in family sphere: Changing structures, roles, and relationships / Kairi Kasearu, Kadri Raid, and Dagmar Kutsar

Chapter 5. Ambivalence in the family transmission of values: Asumming similarity and recognizing differences / Daniela Barni and Silvia Donato

Chapter 6. Anticipatory recognition: Creating a cycle of flexible meanings in intergenerational relations / Elsa de Mattos

Chapter 7. Adolescents' and emerging adults' experience of ambivalence toward parents during the process of individuation: Being caught between autonomy and relatedness? Isabelle albert and dieter ferring

Chapter 8. Dynamic relations between perceived parental responsiveness, experiences of ambivalence, and self-esteeem development in adolescence / Annekatrin Steinhoff and Marlis Buchmann

Chapter 9. Emotional ambivalence in adult children of care-dependent older parents: Heuristic impulses from cognitive-motivational emotion theories / Thomas Boll

Part III. Experiencing ambivalence: Focus on phenomena

Chapter 10. Ambivalence when family values change: Development of new values in the perspective of sociocultural global advancement / Maliina Lyberth

Chapter 11. Transgenerational ambivalence in the time to come: How meanings regulate being pregnant and facing miscarriage / Vívian Volkmer Pontes and Lívia Mathias Simão

Chapter 12. Saudade: A unique feeling within the lusitanian soul / Stephanie Barros Coimbra and Gaby Marinho Ribeiro

Chapter 13. Desired ambiguities and dealing with ambivalences in the context of social work / Mogens Jensen

Chapter 14. Your duty toward my right: Ambivalent traps of rights and duties / Kevin R. Carriere

Part IV. Measuring ambivalence

Chapter 15. Attachment ambivalence: The concept, psychological importance, and measurement issues / Katarzyna Lubiewska

Part V. General conclusions

Chapter 16. Transcending ambivalence: Overcoming the ambiguity of theory and practices / Jaan Valsiner, Isabelle Albert, and Emily Abbey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-64113-084-9