Collaborative Research: Navigating change in intergenerational family relationships: Cohort, age, and family role, and social marginalization

在当代社会，理解家庭如何处理对有争议的社会和政治问题的不同态度越来越重要。本项目研究有争议的社会问题如何出现并在家庭生活中造成冲突，以及确定家庭成员解决这些问题的战略。本项目采用个案研究的方法来了解这些问题，重点关注有社会边缘化家庭成员的家庭如何处理与不同世代的家庭成员的家庭关系。这项研究的发现促进了人们对更广泛的文化问题如何塑造代际家庭关系的理解。调查结果还表明，有可能采取干预措施，促进代际对话，促进家庭内部的社会支持。这项研究项目考察了年龄、世代背景和家庭角色(例如，祖父母、父母、孙子)如何影响家庭成员之间的互动和解决冲突。该项目收集了对30个家庭系统的90人的定性访谈，其中三个家庭成员来自不同的家庭角色和代际背景。收集的数据为来自同一家庭系统的多个家庭成员如何理解和解决冲突提供了洞察力。补充活动旨在提高MSI研究所的研究能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Understanding how families navigate differences in attitudes about controversial social and political issues is increasingly important in contemporary society. This project examines how contentious social issues emerge and create conflict in family life, as well as identifies family members’ strategies for addressing these issues. This project uses a case study approach to understand these issues, by focusing on how families with a socially marginalized family member navigate family relationships with family members from different generations. Findings from this research promote understanding about how broader cultural issues shape intergenerational family relationships. Findings also suggest potential interventions to facilitate intergenerational dialogue and promote social support within families. This research project examines how age, generational context, and family role (e.g., grandparent, parent, grandchild) shape how family members interact with one another and address conflict. This project involves collecting qualitative interviews with 90 people in 30 family systems, where each of the three family members are from different family roles and generational contexts. Data collected provide insight about how multiple family members from the same family system understand and address conflict. Supplementary activities are aimed to enhance research capacity at the MSI institution.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.