Letting go relationships between adults and their parents
In this study, David de Vaus draws together the evidence of candid interviews and sociological research to illuminate a neglected subject - adults' relationships with their parents. As the many interviews attest, parental influence extends far beyond adolescence and can be the source of continu...
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Melbourne,New York
Oxford University Press
1994
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| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh |
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| Streszczenie: | In this study, David de Vaus draws together the evidence of candid interviews and sociological research to illuminate a neglected subject - adults' relationships with their parents. As the many interviews attest, parental influence extends far beyond adolescence and can be the source of continuing pain and conflict. Some adults remain tied to their parents by the need to win approval and acceptance; equally, parents can continue to depend on their children to provide a meaning and purpose for their lives. Thus, for many people, "letting go" is a continuing challenge throughout their adult years. The study explores different patterns in the parent-child relationship, allowing the interviewees to speak for themselves, and then asks how they are affected by gender, social and geographical mobility, or by life-stage changes |
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| Opis fizyczny: | xiii, 223 p. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0195535731 9780195535730 |