Young Children as Parents’ Extended Selves

Hughes, Mine Üçok; Kaigler-Walker, Karen; Bendoni, Wendy K.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10912-1_196

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“…As in previous research (Andersen et al , 2007; Hughes et al , 2015; McNeill and Graham, 2014), the women in our study also declared sole responsibility for the purchasing of baby clothing, as they thought they were judged by the appearance of their children’s by other mothers. The mothers also felt that they somehow had a better knowledge of the needs of the children.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…The mothers also felt that they somehow had a better knowledge of the needs of the children. According to previous research, fathers are often portrayed as silent bystanders by the mothers, although they also put emphasis on the appearance of their children (Hughes et al , 2015). This was also seen in our study:…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition to the fact that children’s clothing has been transformed from its original functions to a field where mothers are expressing their competence through symbolic negotiations of consumption, mothers can also see children as a part of their extended self (Belk, 1988; see also Andersen et al , 2007; Hughes et al , 2015; McNeill and Graham, 2014). In the original theory of the extended self, objects, possessions and people close to us are considered as a part of our self and help to build up one’s own self-esteem.…”

Section: Investment In the Physical Appearance Of Children Theoretical Notionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hip children, good mothers – children’s clothing as capital investment?

Åberg

Huvila

2019

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Purpose A growing body of sociological literature defines physical appearance as a form of capital, a convertible resource in contemporary societies. The purpose of this study is to examine the importance of consuming on children’s fashion as a part of this appearance-oriented consumer culture. We investigate if the mothers we interviewed see their children as their extended self and actually are negotiating their own aesthetic capital through their children’s clothing. Design/methodology/approach In this study, we utilise 10 semi-structured themed interviews with Finnish mothers who were recruited from a popular Facebook group, focused on discussing children’s fashion. Findings Results indicate that women see their children as their extended self, and as such, they can be seen negotiating their own aesthetic capital through consuming practices for their children. Additionally, the investment in the physical appearance of children can be seen as a construction of a contemporary understanding of proper motherhood in the middle-class context. Originality/value Although extensive research has been carried out in expenditure on children’s fashion, this research offers a novel approach by combining research on parenting in a consumer culture with the theory of aesthetic capital to explore the materially based construction of parenting in the Finnish context.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Investment In the Physical Appearance Of Children Theoretical Notionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hip children, good mothers – children’s clothing as capital investment?

Åberg

Huvila

2019

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“…Specifically, the findings demonstrate that the constitution of others into one's identity is not necessarily between two individuals only (e.g. wife and husband or mother and child, [see, for example, Hughes et al (2015) and Holiday et al (2020)] but rather, can involve several parties imposing pressure on an individual for a collective purpose. Thus, individuals who are incorporated into a collective identity may be susceptible to increased pressure to conform with an undesired identity.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Paradoxes of (un)veiling and the extended self: the experiences of Arab-Muslim women in Kuwait

Almutawaa

Nuttall

Mamali

et al. 2023

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop understanding of the extended self-theory by focusing on the influence of other people in identity constructions as experienced in collectivist Eastern contexts. It specifically addresses the impact of being treated as an extended self on Arab-Muslim women’s identity constructions. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a qualitative research approach consisting of 23 in-depth semi-structured interviews. Nonprobability, purposive sampling is followed as the study targets Kuwaiti women who identify as former hijab/veil wearers. Sample diversity is attained in terms of Kuwaiti women’s demographical characteristics, including their age range, marital status and social class. Findings The findings of this study reveal paradoxes of experiencing the collective extended self through familial pressure to (un)veil and the strategies used by women to reject engaging with the collective extended self, including contextualizing, substituting and sexualizing the veil. Originality/value Existing studies related to the notion of the extended self are primarily conducted in Western contexts, and as such, are oriented toward personal accountability related to identity constructions. To complement this perspective and address the call for research on the extended self in collectivist societies, this study highlights the importance of recognizing the role of other people in influencing identity constructions in Eastern contexts.

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“…Scholarly studies has revealed that the child is part of mothers' extended self and display of self-identity (McNeill andGraham, 2014, Hughes, Kaigler-Walker andBendoni, 2015;Özhan-Dedeoğlu, 2010). In the process of constructing a motherhood identity, women extend their self so as to include the child as a major part.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Mothers' Self-Control of Spending for Their Own and Their Kids

Baybars

Özhan-Dedeoğlu

2020

Uluslararası İktisadi Ve İdari İncelemeler Dergisi

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Women receive help from a variety of products and services to facilitate the transition to motherhood identity. Consumer self-control can be evaluated in different areas such as food consumption, emotional responses, consumer spending etc. It is expected that the analysis of self-control in expenditures of mothers, an important consumer group, will reveal important findings for the extremely large and still developing mother-child market. In this context, the aim of the research is to determine how the consumption selfcontrol of consumers varies in different situations (eg for the person and the child). The mothers were found to be a promising sample for clarifying the research question due to the fact that they spend for both themselves and their children. Mothers who contributed to the study as participants were reached through the active mothers groups on Facebook. It can be stated that the most important contribution of the study to the literature is that it shows that the consumer behaves differently in terms of spending self-control and subdimensions depending on the context.

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Young Children as Parents’ Extended Selves

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Hip children, good mothers – children’s clothing as capital investment?

Hip children, good mothers – children’s clothing as capital investment?

Paradoxes of (un)veiling and the extended self: the experiences of Arab-Muslim women in Kuwait

Analysis of Mothers' Self-Control of Spending for Their Own and Their Kids

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