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Role Taking and Socialization in Single-Parent Families

Role Taking and Socialization in Single-Parent Families This article examines the conditions and consequences of role taking in single-parent families. First, the authors discuss the theoretical relevance of role taking for parent-child interaction. Second, they suggest some conditions for parental role taking. Third, the authors consider how social class and family structure affect role taking in single-parent families. They propose that in addition to role taking in the dyadic parent-child relationship, two other forms of role taking are consequential for child socialization and family relations. One is specific to triadic relationships, the other to the family unit. Second-order role taking occurs when a parent elicits the perspective of the spouse in understanding the child. Third-order role taking, similar to Mead's concept of the “generalized other” as the vantage point for role taking, occurs when a parent elicits the perspective of the family as a whole. The authors explore these ideas in a qualitative study of single and married parents. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Family Issues SAGE

Role Taking and Socialization in Single-Parent Families

TSUSHIMA, TERESA; GECAS, VIKTOR
Journal of Family Issues , Volume 22 (3): 22 – Apr 1, 2001
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0192-513X
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1552-5481
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10.1177/019251301022003001
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Abstract

This article examines the conditions and consequences of role taking in single-parent families. First, the authors discuss the theoretical relevance of role taking for parent-child interaction. Second, they suggest some conditions for parental role taking. Third, the authors consider how social class and family structure affect role taking in single-parent families. They propose that in addition to role taking in the dyadic parent-child relationship, two other forms of role taking are consequential for child socialization and family relations. One is specific to triadic relationships, the other to the family unit. Second-order role taking occurs when a parent elicits the perspective of the spouse in understanding the child. Third-order role taking, similar to Mead's concept of the “generalized other” as the vantage point for role taking, occurs when a parent elicits the perspective of the family as a whole. The authors explore these ideas in a qualitative study of single and married parents.

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Journal of Family Issues – SAGE

Published: Apr 1, 2001

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