“Our Family’s Path
” Couples’ Perspectives on the Developmental Trajectories of Families in Urban Southern Angola
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18975674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tchilissila Alicerces Simões (0000-0002-4596-9689, University of Coimbra, corresponding author), Isabel Marques Alberto (University of Coimbra), Isabel Alberto (0000-0002-0372-8449, University of Coimbra) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-205 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-7984 • E-ISSN: 1552-4558 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00957984211037981 |
| OpenAlex | W3195075123 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 38 |
The aim of the present study was to explore and to understand how 36 urban Southern Angolan couples perceived their family’s development across the lifetime. The study sought to compare those results with three systemic approaches of family development, two Western and another indigenous. Through semi-structured interviews, the existence of two trajectories of family life, with similar life events, were identified. The life events of these two trajectories were organized in a different chronological order, based on the religious commitment of the individuals. The results showed discrepancies with the Western models on the composition of the household (i.e., big backyard families and families with a third element) as well as the type of events considered to be important milestones within the family trajectory (e.g., the inexistence of the empty nest). This study provides support for the indigenous framework proposed by Simões and Alberto (2015) and contributes to a better comprehension of the family functioning of the urban Southern Angolan families
Comprehension · Developmental psychology · Family life · Geography · Indigenous · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Demography · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |
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