The Religious Dimensions of the Grandparent Role in Three-Generation African American Households
The Religious Dimensions of the Grandparent Role in Three-Generation African American Households
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DOI：
10.1300/j496v19n01_06
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
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1.1
通讯作者：
Parker, Nesonya
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作者：
King, Sharon V.;Burgess, Elisabeth O.;Parker, Nesonya
尽管宗教在家庭关系中的重要性已有充分记载，但祖父母在家庭宗教生活中的作用却很少受到关注（Ellison & Moulton，2003）。在非裔美国家庭中，许多研究都阐明了家庭长辈在传播宗教价值观方面的重要性（Rosenthal，1985；Taylor、Jackson 和 Chatters，1997；Weddle-West，2000）。然而，很少有研究描述非裔美国祖父母如何将他们的宗教价值观传递给年轻的家庭成员。对非裔美国家庭中祖父母的宗教角色的描述可以帮助我们理解少数民族家庭中宗教价值观的传播过程。这项定性研究以 17 个共同居住的代际非洲裔美国家庭为样本，描述了祖父母角色的宗教维度。调查结果表明，非裔美国祖父母提供宗教指导和指导，树立宗教行为榜样，参与代祷，并促进家庭关系的宗教意义。研究结果表明，宗教是祖父母角色满意度的一个重要变量，并且对非裔美国长者的宗教信仰进行家庭层面的分析比单独对宗教信仰的个人层面的描述提供了对宗教和老龄化更全面的理解。 (C) 2006 年，The Haworth Press, Inc. 保留所有权利。
Although the importance of religion in family relations is well documented, the role of grandparents in family religious life has received less attention (Ellison & Moulton, 2003). Among African American families, many studies articulate the importance of family elders in the transmission of religious values (Rosenthal, 1985; Taylor, Jackson, & Chatters, 1997; Weddle-West, 2000). However, few studies delineate the ways African American grandparents transmit their religious values to younger family members. A description of the religious role of grandparents in African American households can inform our understanding of the religious values transmission process among ethnic families. This qualitative study describes the religious dimensions of the grandparent role in a sample of 17 co-resident intergenerational African American families. Findings show that African American grandparents provide religious instruction and guidance, model religious behavior, engage in intercessory prayer, and promote the religious significance of family relationships. The findings suggest that religion is an important variable in grandparent role satisfaction and that a family-level analysis of religiosity among African American elders provides a fuller understanding of religion and aging than individual-level descriptors of religiousness alone. (C) 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.