Dissertation Information for Marvin B. Sussman NAME: - Marvin B. Sussman
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Sociology
SCHOOL:
- Yale University (USA) (1951)
ADVISORS: - None COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - None
MPACT Status: Incomplete - Not_Inspected
Title: FAMILY CONTINUITY: A STUDY OF FACTORS WHICH AFFECT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FAMILIES AT GENERATIONAL LEVELS
Abstract: This thesis is a study in intergenerational family continuity. An attempt has been made to establish the importance of factors which affect relationships between families at two generation levels. The factors investigated are: 1) The socio-cultural background of the marriage mates; 2) Type of courtship and marriage ceremony; 3) Family and child rearing philosophy and practice; 4) The development of financial and other service pattern; and 5) The residential location of the parental and child's family after marriage.
To determine the importance of these factors, parents of 97 families who were middle-class, white, Protestant, whose children had married and left home were intensively interviewed. From these interviews 195 parent-child relationships were selected which comprise a final sample. A case study approach was employed and statistical procedures used with some of the data.
Our findings suggest that the continuity of intergenerational family relationships tends to be increased when marriage partners share similarity of background, observe the traditional conventions regarding courtship and marriage ceremony, have been raised to be family-minded and self-reliant, continue in moderation a pattern of economic help and service with their parents, and live in the same or nearby community as their elders.
These factors appear to be interrelated, each operating in association with the other in any given parent-child relationship. Thus, if a child marries a mate of similar background the probabilities are that he will have an approved courtship and wedding, and generally develop a pattern of joint family activities with his parents.
Our data suggest that socio-cultural similarities are the most important of the five factors studies, in affecting family continuity. Next in importance to family continuity is the observation of the traditional sequence, followed by the rearing practices under which the child was raised.
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