RECONCILING FAMILISM AND INDIVIDUALISM IN A CHANGING SOCIETY: A STUDY ON TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Authors : Pelin ÖNDER EROL, Duygu ALTINOLUK DÜZTAŞ

Pages : 159-178

Doi:10.11616/basbed.vi.455413

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Publication Date : 2016-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In rapidly changing societies, young people do not only experience a transition from adolescence to adulthood at the micro scale; but they also experience a transition from traditional to modern ways of life at the macro scale. Hence their tendency toward familism or individualism is one of the major indicators of such a dual transition. The aim of this study is to find an answer to the question whether Turkish university students insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=165); display any tendency toward familism or individualism, or they reconcile both as a strategy to emancipate from the enmeshment of family. The findings revealed that there is a coexistence of familistic and individualistic tendencies in terms of intrafamilial relationships. The findings also evidently show that students who are female, relatively younger, from rural origins and children of parents with lower educational level are more subjected to familistic values.
Keywords : Familism, Individualism, Social Change, Turkish University Students