Traditional and new patterns of today's urban youth demographic behavior

The article analyzes specific features of the Russian urban youth demographic behavior.. The empirical base of the study is the data of the representative public opinion poll of the Russian city dwellers aged 18-35 that was conducted in 2019. The levels of reproduction of the traditional patterns and the scale of the spread of new demographic orientations are revealed in the course of the study. It is shown that the mechanisms of postponed marriage and childbirth are taking place in the sphere of young people demographic behavior. The majority of young men are married or plan to be married in future, but even in the age cohort of32-35 around a quarter of respondents are not married and do not have permanent partner. Young marriages are giving way to the tradition of creating family after 25-30 years old that is also preceded by cohabitation without marriage. The optimal age for getting married is being put off and this is particularly characteristic of men. More educated representatives of urban youth are clearly orientated at the model in which the major part is taken by development of educational potential and making career, and creation of family is temporarily postponed. Childbirth remains the unconditional value of Russian youth, however refusal from early reproductive orientations also becomes social norm. The strategy "childfree" becomes actual in the youngest age cohort at the level of 18% and significantly loses its rates to 6-7% when it is getting closer to the age of 30. Mass groups orientated at gender egalitarianism in family relations are clearly distinguished among modern urban youth: the proposed typology shows that around 40% of respondents are characterized by a low level of egalitarianism, and 15% — by the most egalitarian attitudes. In general, the spread of new demographic patterns goes on gradually, while individualistic motivations are combined with preservation of the value of family and childbirth.

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A trend study in the stratification of social media use among urban youth: Chile 2009-2019

Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media ◽

10.51685/jqd.2021.009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

Author(s):

Teresa Correa ◽

Sebastián Valenzuela

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Urban Youth ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Trend Study ◽

Frequency Of Use ◽

Gender And Age ◽

Age Cohort ◽

Youth Media ◽

Probabilistic Survey ◽

Over Time

This trend study describes changes and continuities in the stratification of usage of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp in Chile between 2009-2019—the decade that witnessed the rise of social media. Using the Youth, Media and Participation Study—a probabilistic survey conducted on an annual basis among 1,000 individuals aged 18 to 29 living in the three largest urban areas in Chile (N = 10,518)—we analyze how frequency of use and type of activities conducted on social media has varied over time along socioeconomic status, gender, and age cohort. Instead of a uniform trend towards less (or greater) inequality, the results show that each platform exhibits a unique dynamic. For instance, whereas SES-based inequality in frequency of use has decreased on Facebook over time, it has remained stable on WhatsApp and increased on Twitter and Instagram. In addition, significant differences in the likelihood of conducting different activities (e.g., chatting, commenting news, sharing links) remained across groups, even on platforms such as Facebook where frequency of use has equalized over time.

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MODERN TOY: RELEVANCE, TENDENCIES, PERSPECTIVES OF INFLUENCE ON A CHILD

The Educational Discourse a collection of scientific papers ◽

10.33930/ed.2019.5007.13(5)-7 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 79-88

Author(s):

Kateryna Polishchuk

Keyword(s):

Child Development ◽

Family Relations ◽

Preschool Age ◽

Symbolic System ◽

Moral Choice ◽

Main Method ◽

Preschool Age Children ◽

Educational Potential ◽

Integral Feature ◽

Selection Of

In the article, the main tendencies of modern developing of toys industry are outlined. It is certain that the development of toys industry is intended to renewal and advance of interactivity of toys, popularization of some brands (movies, books, toys, sweets with the same characters) and intrusion of series of same toys what in a result do not meet age needs of preschool child development. In the situation of supersaturation of toys market modern toy has a range of new characteristics. And its` influence on the formation of personality not always can be predicted. In particular, the great bulk of popular toys between consumers do not promote the strengthening of the mechanism of socialization of preschool age child, maintaining of family relations, propagandize values which are not common for our nation and provoke a variety of strategies of behavior in a situation of moral choice. A toy for preschool age children is the main method in the formulation of a sign-symbolic system of representation the surrounding reality. In modern sociocultural situation cooperation with this integral feature of childhood requires constant pedagogical support, which involves the selection of toys with taking into account their educational potential and forecasting their potential results on the personality.

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Age Cohort, Ancestry, and Immigrant Generation Influences in Family Relations and Psychological Well-Being among Black Caribbean Family Members

Journal of Social Issues ◽

10.1111/j.1540-4560.2007.00533.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 63 (4) ◽

pp. 729-743 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

James S. Jackson ◽

Ivy Forsythe-Brown ◽

Ishtar O. Govia

Keyword(s):

Family Relations ◽

Family Members ◽

Well Being ◽

Immigrant Generation ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Black Caribbean ◽

Age Cohort

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The Bulgarian family in South Bessarabia during the first half of XIX century: a model of ethnodemographic development

V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Bulletin "History of Ukraine. Ukrainian Studies: Historical and Philosophical Sciences" ◽

10.26565/2227-6505-2020-30-01 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Family Relations ◽

Age Difference ◽

Historical Sources ◽

Demographic Behavior ◽

Adaptive Mechanisms ◽

Divorce Rates ◽

The Moment ◽

Xix Century ◽

Historical Methods ◽

Intergenerational Interaction

Problems and sequential process of Bulgarian families’ adaptation to new conditions in South Bessarabia are considered in the research. During the resettlement, Bulgarian migrants brought their traditional relationship, elements of social organization and family’s structure to Bessarabia which were distinctive to the migrants’ original areas. The aim of the research is the ascertainment of main trends in evolution of Bulgarian families’ forms, structure and elements in daily life in South Bessarabia together with monitoring modifications which were inherent its intergenerational interaction and ancestral relations during the first half of XIX century. Methodological basis for the research is principles of historicism, systems and interdisciplinarity coupled with historically comparative and micro-historical methods. Scientific novelty of the research related to broad reconstruction of Bulgarian families’ qualitative and quantitative characteristics, and also to identification of specific historically-demographic and developing processes based on analysis of the massive historical sources from the moment the resettlement commenced till the middle of XIX century. While analyzing the data a 15-year period (1835–1850) in the first half of XIX century was established for family’s development and its rising size in South Bessarabia. This fact influenced on population growth in Bulgarian colonies up to 72,1 %. Possible forms of family relations are given together with possibly the most optimal complicated undivided family. Statistic data on quantity of men and women is also given in percentage terms, together with age difference between partners and low divorce rates. Bulgarian family appeared rather resistant social micro-structure under the circumstances of South Bessarabia. Conclusions: based on definite number of indicators, the author concluded that the Bulgarians brought inherent marriage traditions, demographic behavior and adaptive mechanisms to their family institution. Those exact mechanisms under the influence of legislative, administrative, socio-economic and natural factors led to the formation of a new model of demographic behavior.

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Gender Conventions, Sexual Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Frequency

10.31235/osf.io/ud65x ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel L. Carlson ◽

Brain Soller

Keyword(s):

Sexual Activity ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Sexual Scripts ◽

Sexual Intimacy ◽

Partner Communication ◽

Sexual Frequency ◽

Gender Egalitarianism ◽

Gendered Patterns ◽

Sexual Control ◽

Egalitarian Attitudes

Some studies suggest that gender conventions increase couples’ sexual frequency by enacting sexual scripts tied to heterosexuality. Other studies suggest gender egalitarianism increases sexual intimacy by enhancing communication in couples. We tested these competing hypotheses by examining the underlying processes that link gender attitudes to sexual activity. We also examined the association between gender egalitarian attitudes and women’s and men’s sexual self-efficacy and examined how sexual self-efficacy in turn shapes gendered patterns of sexual initiation and sexual frequency. An actor-partner interdependence model based on data from the National Couples Survey provided support for both perspectives. Women’s gender egalitarian attitudes decreased couples’ sexual frequency by negatively affecting men’s sexual control, but gender egalitarian attitudes surrounding the scripting of sexual activity among women were positively associated with sexual frequency. Moreover, egalitarian attitudes about domestic roles were positively associated with partner communication which in turn enhanced partners’ sexual self-efficacy and sexual frequency. Yet, while sexual self-efficacy was positively associated with sexual frequency for men it was negatively associated for women. The findings show that whereas gender conventional attitudes increase sex through male empowerment and female disenfranchisement, egalitarian beliefs lead to greater sexual intimacy – not only more sex, but also mutual partner decision-making.

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Familienbeziehungen und psychische Auffälligkeiten im Jugendalter – eine Analyse mit der Jugendlichenfassung des Family Relations Test für Kinder und Jugendliche

Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie ◽

10.1024/1422-4917/a000593 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 (4) ◽

pp. 316-324

Author(s):

Manfred Döpfner ◽

Stephanie Schürmann ◽

Martha Bruß ◽

Sabrina Müller ◽

Christiane Rademacher ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Kinder Und Jugendliche ◽

Family Relations ◽

Eine Analyse ◽

Psychische Auffälligkeiten

Zusammenfassung. Fragestellung: Bislang liegen für den deutschen Sprachraum kaum Instrumente vor, die familiäre Beziehungen aus der Perspektive von Jugendlichen reliabel erfassen, und der Zusammenhang zwischen familiären Beziehungen aus der Sicht von Jugendlichen und Verhaltensauffälligkeiten von Jugendlichen ist auch international bisher nur wenig untersucht worden. Methodik: Auf der Basis des Family Relations Test, der ursprünglich nur für Kinder entwickelt worden ist, wird mit dem Family Relations Test für Kinder und Jugendliche ein familiendiagnostisches Verfahren entwickelt, das Familienbeziehungen aus der Perspektive von Jugendlichen erhebt (94 Items davon 44 % neu formuliert). Dieser Test wurde in einer klinischen Stichprobe (n = 152) und einer Feldstichprobe (n = 132) durchgeführt. In der klinischen Stichprobe wurden zusätzlich Verhaltensauffälligkeiten der Jugendlichen im Selbst- und im Elternurteil erhoben. Ergebnisse: In der zweifaktoriellen Lösung der Hauptkomponentenanalyse ergeben sich eindeutige Ladungen der Items, die positive bzw. negative Beziehungsanteile auf jeweils einem Faktor beschreiben. Die internen Konsistenzen (Cronbachs Alpha) der Gesamtskalen, die positive und negative Beziehungen erfassen, liegen zwischen .91 und .93. Jugendliche aus der Klinikstichprobe beschreiben auf diesen Gesamtskalen insgesamt in ihren Familien stärkere negative Beziehungen als Jugendliche in der Feldstichprobe. Innerhalb der Klinikstichprobe konnten zum Teil deutliche Korrelationen zwischen dem Ausmaß der psychischen Auffälligkeiten der Jugendlichen und den berichteten Familienbeziehungen festgestellt werden. Schlussfolgerungen: Positive und negative Beziehungen von Jugendlichen lassen sich aus der Perspektive der Jugendlichen reliabel und faktoriell valide erfassen. Hypothesengemäß werden signifikante Zusammenhänge von negativen Familienbeziehungen und psychischen Auffälligkeiten festgestellt. Die Jugendlichenversion des Family Relations Test erweist sich als ein nützliches Instrument, um familiäre Beziehungen aus der Perspektive von Jugendlichen zu erheben.

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Intergenerational Family Relations in Luxembourg

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000125 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 59-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Isabelle Albert ◽

Dieter Ferring ◽

Tom Michels

Keyword(s):

Family Relations ◽

Family Values ◽

Generation Gap ◽

Intergenerational Solidarity ◽

Acculturation Gap ◽

Family Obligations ◽

Mothers And Daughters ◽

The Family ◽

The Relationship ◽

Model Family

According to the intergenerational solidarity model, family members who share similar values about family obligations should have a closer relationship and support each other more than families with a lower value consensus. The present study first describes similarities and differences between two family generations (mothers and daughters) with respect to their adherence to family values and, second, examines patterns of relations between intergenerational consensus on family values, affectual solidarity, and functional solidarity in a sample of 51 mother-daughter dyads comprising N = 102 participants from Luxembourgish and Portuguese immigrant families living in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Results showed a small generation gap in values of hierarchical gender roles, but an acculturation gap was found in Portuguese mother-daughter dyads regarding obligations toward the family. A higher mother-daughter value consensus was related to higher affectual solidarity of daughters toward their mothers but not vice versa. Whereas affection and value consensus both predicted support provided by daughters to their mothers, affection mediated the relationship between consensual solidarity and received maternal support. With regard to mothers, only affection predicted provided support for daughters, whereas mothers’ perception of received support from their daughters was predicted by value consensus and, in the case of Luxembourgish mothers, by affection toward daughters.

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