Lecture 7: the good and the bad in social relationships

Question 1

Associational solidarity

Answer 1

frequency and patterns of interaction

Question 2

Affectual solidarity

Answer 2

positive sentiments held about family

members

Question 3

Consensual solidarity

Answer 3

degree of agreement on values,

attitudes and beliefs

Question 4

Functional solidarity

Answer 4

degree of helping and exchanges of

resources

Question 5

Normative solidarity

Answer 5

strength of commitment to fulfilling

familial roles and meeting familial obligations

Question 6

Structural solidarity

Answer 6

opportunity structure for family

interaction (e.g. health, proximity)

Question 7

solidarity paradigm

Answer 7

criticism on the overly positive view on parent-child ties

• solidaruty puts emphasis on consensus and positive sentiment in family
• negative aspects of intergenerational ties are simply frames as a lack of solidarity

Question 8

family conflict persepective

Answer 8

conflict is a normal spect of family relations

- solidarity and conflict don’t represent a single continuum from high solidarity to high conflict: it’s separate

Question 9

definition of ambivalence

Answer 9

designates contradictions in relationships between parents and adult offspring that can’t be reconciled

the presence of both positive and negative perceptions of the parent-child relationship by an individual

Question 10

sociological ambivalence:

Answer 10

contradictory normative expectations that occur in institutional resources and requirements

Question 11

Psychological ambivalence:

Answer 11

contradictions in cognitions, emotions and motivations towards the same person (at subjective individual level)

Question 12

results article ambivalence fingerman, hay & birditt)

Answer 12

• kin more often ambivalent than non-kin
• all close ties contain some conflict, doesn’t have to affect relationships on a whole
• coworkers listed as most conflictual
• the older, the less ambivalent feelings
• ambivalent is not necessarly problematic

Question 13

results article peer-pressure

Answer 13

• more popularity, more peer pressure
• more peer pressure, more peer conformity
• more general conformity, less peer pressure and conformity
• girls have it less, but young adults in general more
• related to risk behavior and lower well-being

Question 14

results article positive and negative evaluations of caregiving

Answer 14

caregiver burden indicator of the care context and care activities, linked to objective stressors

• spouses: high level of burden, personal bond important
• children: more choice and vary in commitment, personal bond
• other: less intense care, less positive evaluations