Navigating Mother-Adolescent Daughter (Dis)harmonious Interactions

2020 ◽  
pp. 125-155
Author(s):  
Domenica Luvera DelPrete ◽  
Catherine DiFelice Box
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Daughter

Political Science and Changing Politics

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Collective Decision ◽  
The Political ◽  
Collective Decision Making ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
Adolescent Daughter ◽  
Football Coach ◽  
Power And Influence

Politics is about conflict, struggle, decision-making, power and influence. But not every conflict and not every situation in which power is exercised is widely regarded as politics. A football coach who decides to leave a player on the bench because he has given him a bit of lip, is exerting power, and there is conflict here, too. However, few people would consider this a political issue. The same applies to a mother who quarrels with her adolescent daughter about going to a house party, a schoolteacher who gives a student detention, and so on. But if we were to limit our understanding of politics to official decisions that are taken by governments, in parliaments or on municipal councils, we would fail to recognise the political meaning of trade unions, lobbyists, protest groups, corporations and other more-or-less organised groups that influence collective decision-making.

Mother-adolescent daughter identity interplay processes

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 234-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Gillison ◽  
Alexa Martinez Givan ◽  
Sharon E Beatty ◽  
Kyoungmi (Kate) Kim ◽  
Kristy Reynolds ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Consumer Socialization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Shopping Trip ◽  
Developmental Experiences ◽  
Adolescent Daughter ◽  
Mother And Daughter ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Shopping Trips ◽  
Adolescent Identity Development

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the mother–adolescent daughter shopping trip to better understand the experiences and process that occur during these shopping trips. Adolescent girls and their mothers are an important shopping companion pair that has received minimal study. Design/methodology/approach – This research investigates the mother–adolescent daughter shopping trip using in-depth interviews with 28 mothers, adolescent daughters and retail employees in the USA. Findings – The interviews reveal that the mother–adolescent daughter shopping trip consists of three important developmental experiences: conflict and struggle, education and influence and bonding between mother and daughter. Similarities and differences between middle- and high-school daughters relative to these issues are explored. Originality/value – This study is the first to bring together the interplay processes of conflict, education and influence and bonding during mother–adolescent daughter shopping trips. This study extends research regarding family identity interplay, companion shopping, adolescent identity development and consumer socialization. The authors find that the mother–adolescent daughter shopping trip involves daughters’ efforts to separate from their mothers and form their own identities, often producing struggle and conflicts; daughters developing as consumers and individuals; and an opportunity to bond.

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