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

在当代社会，了解家庭如何应对有争议的社会和政治问题的态度差异变得越来越重要。该项目研究了有争议的社会问题如何出现并在家庭生活中造成冲突，并确定家庭成员解决这些问题的策略。该项目采用案例研究方法来理解这些问题，重点关注有社会边缘化家庭成员的家庭如何处理与不同代际的家庭成员的家庭关系。这项研究的结果促进了人们对更广泛的文化问题如何影响代际家庭关系的理解。研究结果还提出了促进代际对话和促进家庭内部社会支持的潜在干预措施。该研究项目探讨年龄、代际背景和家庭角色（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。该项目涉及收集对 30 个家庭系统中 90 个人的定性访谈，其中三个家庭成员中的每一个都来自不同的家庭角色和代际背景。收集的数据提供了有关来自同一家庭系统的多个家庭成员如何理解和解决冲突的见解。补充活动旨在提高 MSI 机构的研究能力。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值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.