ERIC Number: EJ1232179
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
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Family Triangulation Experiences of Turkish Young Women
Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, v14 n3 p312-329 Sep 2019
This study aims to explore Turkish young women's family triangulation experiences. The phenomenological research design of the qualitative tradition was utilized. The sample of the study comprised 10 Turkish young women who were selected through convenience sampling. During the data collection, semi-structured interviews were preferred. Data analysis were also conducted via content analysis. Participants reported "insufficient problem/conflict solving ability" of their parents. Holding a parental role, defending the one parent as participants perceive he/she is weak, and feeling caught in the middle were the factors in relation to "mediating pattern." The theme refers to the triangulation pattern that offspring is closer to either of parents than they are to each other. A number of participants described the children and fathers in their own families as "scapegoats" means a pulled out or outsider position in a triangular relationship. "Coalitions" were one of the most frequently reported theme and mainly indicated taking sides or alliances between three (offspring and parents). Triangulated children expressed anger, emotionally distant and disappointment toward their parents as they play a mediating role during the conflicts. Only one participant was able to act without dragging into conflicts and maintained a "balanced position" of triangulation. Moreover, all findings of the current study were briefly discussed in the context of the "value of children" theme as it is the fact that material/economic expectations of parents sharply decrease, and emotional expectations increase from children in Turkish culture.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Family Relationship, Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution, Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Sibling Relationship, Siblings, Family Environment, Psychological Patterns, Daughters, Young Adults, Role
International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://epasr.penpublishing.net/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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