Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This project provides a detailed portrait of the intergenerational transmission of values on parenting and education. The parenting process is commonly observed between the parent and child, but it is also influenced by the parentâ s relationship with his or her parents, and the individualâ s surrounding environment, culture, and history. In order to understand the intricate nature of human relationships, I used a rare collection of archival data from the first Canadian Mental Hygiene (Canadian Mental Health Agency) movement in the 1920s. I studied one normative family through the archival data and conducted my own series of interviews with a member of this family. Using multiple methods, I analyzed three generations and coded the data by emergent themes. The results indicate that each generation fosters distinct parenting practices and highlight the complexity of human adaptation and relationships, and the need to study human development within a relational developmental systems framework.
Source: TSpace (University of Toronto)
Author: Larisa Lam
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2567047421