Communicating Trust Between Parents and Their Children: A Case Study of Adolescents' Alcohol Use in Denmark
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Communicating Trust Between Parents and Their Children : A Case Study of Adolescents' Alcohol Use in Denmark. / Demant, Jakob Johan; Ravn, Signe.
In: Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 28, No. 3, 05.2013, p. 325-347.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Communicating Trust Between Parents and Their Children
T2 - A Case Study of Adolescents' Alcohol Use in Denmark
AU - Demant, Jakob Johan
AU - Ravn, Signe
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - This article discusses how Danish parents and their children communicate trust. Based on Niklas Luhmann’s sociological theory, the article explores new aspects of communication about alcohol-related rules. The analysis shows how the parents emphasize the importance of communicating trust, while the adolescents, on the other hand, observe the parents’ communication on the basis of their own, more instrumental, logic. Trust becomes a functional solution to the parents’ paradoxical situation, because it enables them to balance between a democratic family ideal, emphasizing the adolescents’ independence, while taking care of risk behavior. The article draws on Danish qualitative data comprising 37 focus group interviews with adolescents (14-16 years of age) and six focus group interviews with parents.
AB - This article discusses how Danish parents and their children communicate trust. Based on Niklas Luhmann’s sociological theory, the article explores new aspects of communication about alcohol-related rules. The analysis shows how the parents emphasize the importance of communicating trust, while the adolescents, on the other hand, observe the parents’ communication on the basis of their own, more instrumental, logic. Trust becomes a functional solution to the parents’ paradoxical situation, because it enables them to balance between a democratic family ideal, emphasizing the adolescents’ independence, while taking care of risk behavior. The article draws on Danish qualitative data comprising 37 focus group interviews with adolescents (14-16 years of age) and six focus group interviews with parents.
KW - adolescents
KW - alcohol
KW - family relations
KW - focus groups
KW - Luhmann
KW - trust
U2 - 10.1177/0743558413477198
DO - 10.1177/0743558413477198
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 325
EP - 347
JO - Journal of Adolescent Research
JF - Journal of Adolescent Research
SN - 0743-5584
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 126107136