Retro-Analysis of Family Relations – One’s Own and Parents’

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Keywords:

middle age, family life cycle, retro-analysis of family relationship, types of ego identity

Abstract

The article reviews retrospective memories of middle-aged Muscovites (40-54 years old) describing the features of two types of families: first, the family of origin/parental family (its quantitative structure and social-psychological parameters); second, their own families at different stages of development (from pre-marriage stage to separation of children – ―empty nest stage‖). The study also reports deviations from linear consequence of life cycles within their families (refusal to marry, divorce, widowhood, remarriage). The study was made using the method of biographical survey.

Author Biographies

Vladimir V. Solodnikov, Russian State University for the Humanities

  • Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia
    • Dr. Sci. (Soc.), Professor of the Chair of Applied Sociology

 

Irina V. Solodnikova, RSHU

  • RSHU, Moscow, Russia
    • Dr. Sci. (Soc.), Professor at the Faculty of Psychology

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2009-10-15

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Solodnikov, V. V., & Solodnikova, I. V. (2009). Retro-Analysis of Family Relations – One’s Own and Parents’. Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes, (5), 197–228. Retrieved from https://monitoringjournal.ru/index.php/monitoring/article/view/2879

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No. 5 (2009)

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SOCIAL DIAGNOSTICS

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