Social influence in family life: ethnic group and intercultural relations
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-863X2010000100003Keywords:
family relations, social groups, social historyAbstract
Remembrances of young Jews and non-Jews were analyzed to infer patterns of social influence adopted by their parents and ancestors. We suppose that the ways of influencing among Jews is related to a search of autonomy, differentiation and demarcation of interindividual/intergroup boundaries, which is the opposite among non-Jews. The participants were students from two private high schools. Subgroups were formed according to surnames: Ashkenazim (German Jews), Ashkenazim/Sephardim (Iberian Jews), Jews/Non-Jews and Non-Jews. They reported remembrances of parents and ancestors, going back until the 5th generation; simulated a self-introduction to a person with a different religious background; indicated places abroad where they would live; and mentioned ten surnames other than their families'. Influence models of Jewish students emphasized individual and group aspects of family life, while non-Jews emphasized inter-individual relationships. The Jews' self-introduction to others revealed emphasis on their own and others' group aspects, while non-Jews emphasized courtesy/politeness.Downloads
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
The Editorial Board authorizes free access to and distribution of published contentes, provided that the source is cited, that is, granding credit to the authors and Paidéia and preserving the full text. The author is allowed to place the final version (postprint / editor’s PDF) in an institutional/thematic repositor or personal page (site, blog), immediately after publication, provided that it is available for open access and comes without any embargo period. Full reference should be made to the first publication in Paidéia. Access to the paper should at least be aligned with the access the journal offers.
As a legal entity, the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto School of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages owns and holds the copyright deriving from the publication. To use the papers, Paidéia adopts the Creative Commons Licence, CC BY-NC non-commercial attribution. This licence permits access, download, print, share, reuse and distribution of papers, provided that this is for non-commercial use and that the source is cited, giving due authorship credit to Paidéia. In these cases, neither authors nor editors need any permission.
When deriving from research involving human beings, manuscripts need IRB approval, in compliance with the guidelines and standards of the Brazilian National Health Council Resolution 196/96 – Ministry of Health. Authors should attach the digital copy of the IRB declaration of approval, according to instructions displayed further ahead.