Περίληψη:
This study, using a contextual approach, explores the relationship of
family bonds to family structure and function across five cultures:
Greece, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Britain, and Germany. Its long-term
goal is the construction of measures of family structure and functioning
that are useful in cross-cultural research. Differences in emotional
closeness, geographic proximity to relatives, and frequency of telephone
contacts and meetings were not found among the five cultures with
respect to members of the nuclear family. Differences between Greece and
Cyprus, selected as relatively collectivist cultures, and Britain, the
Netherlands, Germany, individualist cultures, on these variables were
found with respect to members of the extended family. By showing a
pattern of cross-cultural similarity and differences, although moderate,
among extended family members, this study shows that family structure
and function are context variables that can explain variability between
psychological variables and thus add to the explanatory power of
cross-cultural psychology.
Συγγραφείς:
Georgas, J
Christakopoulou, S
Poortinga, YH
Angleitner, A
and Goodwin, R
Charalambous, N
