Symbolic Interactionism and the Perceived Style of Parenting

• Authors: Zornitsa Totkova
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article utilizes a symbolic interactionist approach in an investigation of perceived parenting during early adulthood. The aim is to explore the family environment and family relationships in the light of how parenting is constructed through the interaction of parents with their children and with society. The findings from semi-structured interviews conducted with adult volunteer respondents concerning their recollections of their relations with their parents are summarized. This provides the basis for outlining subjective experiences of the social environment and perceived parenting styles from a retrospective point of view in respect to gender and age differentiation.

Keywords

EN

Perceived Parenting Styles; Family Environment; Retrospection; Child-Parent Interaction

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Qualitative Sociology Review
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 172-184

Dates

published

2019-05-24

Contributors

author

Zornitsa Totkova

• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/1733-8077.15.2.11