The Family in the Postmodern Age

Berger, Brigitte

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“…According to post-modernism, there are different kinds of families: single-parent families, adoptive families, gay and lesbian families, and so on (Elkind, 1995), including empty-nest families. However, family life cycle theory does not allow for alternative family lifestyles, instead, it assumes there is a perfect, standard, and normal family style (Derrick and Lehfeld, 1980).…”

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Are Empty-Nest Elders Unhappy? Re-examining Chinese Empty-Nest Elders’ Subjective Well-Being Considering Social Changes

Zhang

2020

Front. Psychol.

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Aging, the one-child policy, and migration have altered Chinese family structure and the number of empty-nest elders is increasing. Since living without children runs in the opposite direction of filial piety, empty-nest elders have typically been negatively viewed and depicted as unhappy. However, individualization and the unbalanced development of China may decrease the impact of children but increase the impact of the spouse and rural-urban gaps on elders' well-being. Therefore this study re-examined the subjective well-being of empty-nest elders considering these social changes. Participants (N = 765; age range = 60-94 years, M age = 70.25 years, SD age = 7.85; men = 45%) were recruited from two large cities, two small cities, and two rural areas in China. Elders' subjective well-being was measured by the Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness-Chinese version. Results showed that participants were happy on average; empty-nest elders were not unhappier than non-empty-nest elders. Elders living without a spouse and rural elders had a high risk of being unhappy. Policymakers should thus shift their attention from empty-nest families to the widowed and rural elders.

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“…As Ye and Huang (2015) mentioned, an empty-nest is not that "empty." Elkind (1995) noted that the value of the postmodern permeable family is that of autonomy, the importance of individual choice, and one's personal life journey. These are also the values of an individualized society (Yan, 2009).…”

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Are Empty-Nest Elders Unhappy? Re-examining Chinese Empty-Nest Elders’ Subjective Well-Being Considering Social Changes

Zhang

2020

Front. Psychol.

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“…This paper aims to explore the changes produced in families, from the internal perception of their members, without considering the qualitative aspects. Family structure and family functions were considered as variables for exploration since they are parameters around which several authors have indicated changes in the postmodern context [36,37,38,39].…”

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Quantitative evaluation of family functions and changes in a postmodern context

Torres¹,

Vallejo-Huanga²,

Ocaña³

2021

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Society lives the transition between modernity and postmodernity. In this context, the family is considered as a fully dynamic system that changes over time. Therefore, family structures are in constant motion, and family functions also require changes. Sometimes the functions in the family change, but the structures do not, so conflicts within the family may appear. The objective of this research is to show how families evaluate their role in the postmodern context. Hence, the evaluation was carried out in 37 families through the APGAR test, a questionnaire that explores five areas of family function. Statistical analysis and data processing were performed with free software tools and the experiments may be reproduced as the data and code are hosted in open repositories. The results show that the perception of dysfunction at the individual level does not differ from the family perception. The families typically deny the conflict and the implicit changes in the family's functions because they do not know how to handle these changes. Likewise, the study shows that the changes in the family, attributed by several authors to the transition related to the postmodern paradigm, outline a growing trend towards the perception of the dysfunctionality of the family system over time.

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The Family in the Postmodern Age

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Are Empty-Nest Elders Unhappy? Re-examining Chinese Empty-Nest Elders’ Subjective Well-Being Considering Social Changes

Are Empty-Nest Elders Unhappy? Re-examining Chinese Empty-Nest Elders’ Subjective Well-Being Considering Social Changes

Quantitative evaluation of family functions and changes in a postmodern context

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