Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.42.3.2

Parental Authority in Flux: A Qualitative Exploration of Manifestations of Power in Parent – Child Relationships

Metka Kuhar orcid.org/0000-0001-8311-1272 ; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Herwig Reiter ; German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The aim of this article is to investigate the workings of parental authority in Slovenian families: how is parental authority asserted and how do adolescents react to parental authority? Based on a qualitative exploration, the study shows that parental authority is accommodated in ways that comply with the general culture of intergenerational negotiations; it is co-constituted as a joint product of family relationships. The ways of authority assertion differ according to the respective domain: it is predominantly indirect in the example of school performance, and more direct and coercive regarding participation in household chores.

Keywords

(post-)adolescents – parents’ relationship; authority; power

Hrčak ID:

103210

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/103210

Publication date:

31.12.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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