Intergenerational Transmission and the Formation of Cultural Orientations in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Abstract

In this article we wanted to shed light on the intergenerational transmission and the formation of cultural orientations in adolescence. The intergenerational transmission was analyzed in different age groups in a longitudinal design (orientations of parents and their adolescent children were measured twice, with a time lapse of 3 years). Results clearly revealed that late adolescence is the “formative phase” for the establishment of cultural orientations and suggested that psychological processes such as internalization are guiding this formation. This internalization was found for all investigated orientations. In addition, as adolescents grew older, their susceptibility to parental orientations diminished, but, in contrast, parents did not become more susceptible to their children's orientations. No age effects in sociocultural influences were found. It was concluded that the investigated sociocultural influences should be seen as providing a structural context within which the formation of orientations in adolescence takes place.

Similarities and differences in values between Vietnamese parents and adolescents

“…We can conclude that there is a close relationship and mutual interaction between Vietnamese husband and wife in the family, which not only creates a common value orientation of each couple, but also has a certain influence on their children's general value orientation. The value transmission from parents to children is a concept that has been proved in many studies 288 health psychology report before, and traditionally is considered as a unidirectional influence process (Kuczynski & Hildebrandt, 1997), where the parental influence has been proved to be much clearer and stronger than the children's influence (Kohn, Slomczynski, & Schoenbach, 1986;Vollebergh, Iedema, & Raaijmakers, 2001). Though children may influence their parents as well (Ambert, 1992), there is no evidence of such a process in this study.…”

Procedural justice versus risk factors for offending: Predicting recidivism in youth.

“…For example, it may be that procedural justice has a more temporary effect on offending behavior in youth because their behavior and opinions are more easily swayed by peers (e.g., Gardner & Steinberg, 2005). Alternatively, it may be that, because youths' attitudes and beliefs are generally less stable than those of adults (Alwin and Krosnick, 1991;Vollebergh, Iedema, & Raaijmakers, 2001), and because they tend to be present-focused, youth forget or disregard past experiences of procedural justice and focus primarily on the fairness of their treatment in their most recent experiences with justice officials. In this way, experiences of procedural fairness may cease to have an effect on youths' behavior beyond three months because subsequent experiences of fairness or unfairness with justice officials in the interim are more salient.…”

Churches: Lasting Sources of Civic Engagement? Effects of Secularization and Educational Expansion on Non-religious Volunteering in the Netherlands, 1988 and 2006

“…Because younger birth cohorts now grow up in a highly educated context, they at the same time internalize the social norm to contribute to the common good through voluntary action. Such a basic experience during the formative years of adolescence may have a lasting effect on the identity and social orientations of present-day youths (Vollebergh et al 2001), which in turn increases the likelihood that they get involved in voluntary action as adults even if they themselves do not have a higher education or university degree. So, if this socialization effect really occurs among the younger birth cohorts, the slowing down of educational expansion need not necessarily lower the number of volunteers.…”