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PARENTING PRACTICES AND THE TRANSMISSION OF ETHNIC IDENTITY
Author(s) -
Davey Maureen,
Fish Linda Stone,
Askew Julie,
Robila Mihaela
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb01200.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , grounded theory , psychology , identity (music) , developmental psychology , style (visual arts) , qualitative research , parenting styles , judaism , social psychology , sociology , social science , physics , archaeology , anthropology , acoustics , history
Three years after being interviewed, a nonrandom, purposeful subsample of 14 Jewish families from a larger sample of 48 families living in Central New York was reinterviewed. The primary aim of this follow‐up study was to develop a descriptive understanding of parenting practies and the transmission of ethnic identity. Semistuctured family interviews were conducted and coded using grounded‐theory techniques, in particular the constant comparative method of analysis. Four main qualitative categories emerged from this study: Individual differnces in teenagers, stages of ethnic indentity development, parenting practices, and parental role models. Findings suggest that clear expectations, a type of authoritative parenting, could style be associated with the positive transmission of Jewish ethnic identity. This type of parenting style was direct as parents expressed clear expectations for participation in Jewish activities both at home and in the community.