Sense of Closeness to Parents and Family Rules: A Study of Arab and Jewish Youth in Israel
Titel:
Sense of Closeness to Parents and Family Rules: A Study of Arab and Jewish Youth in Israel
Auteur:
Mikulincer, Mario Weller, Aron Florian, Victor
Verschenen in:
International journal of psychology
Paginering:
Jaargang 28 (1993) nr. 3 pagina's 323-335
Jaar:
1993-06-01
Inhoud:
The present study investigated adolescents' perception of closeness to their parents and family rules restricting their conduct, in Arab and Jewish Israeli samples. A total of 854 11th-grade high school students reported their perceptions by a self-report questionnaire. Overall, the results indicate that the Arab youths perceived more closeness toward their parents and more rules restricting their conduct, compared with their Jewish counterparts. In both cultures, girls reported more restrictions on dating and leaving home than boys. Among Israeli Arab adolescents a positive association was uncovered between closeness to parents and number of rules. No such pattern was evident among Israeli Jewish youth. These and additional findings are discussed within the context of Triandis' cross-cultural dimension of collectivism-individualism. L'etude suivante traite de la perception des rapports des adolescents a leurs parents et des regles familiales restreignant leur conduite, parmi des echantillons de population Arabe et Juive Israelienne. Des etudiants d'ecole secondaire (11e) (N=854) ont fait part de leurs perceptions dans un questionnaire. Les resultats indiquent que les jeunes Arabes percoivent plus de rapports avec leurs parents et plus de regles restreignant leur conduite, compares a leurs compatriotes Juifs. Dans les deux cultures, les filles ont fait part de restrictions plus nombreuses que les garcons quant au moment de quitter la maison familiale. Parmi les adolescents Arabes Israeliens, on a trouve une association positive entre le rapport avec les parents et le nombre de regles. Aucune forme de ce genre n'est apparue parmi les jeunes Juifs Israeliens. Ceci et d'autres decouvertes supplementaires sont traites d'apres le contexte de la dimension inter-culturelle collectivisme-individualisme de Triandis.