The paper explores the methodological implications and some of the intergenerational and intra-generational power relations involved when carrying out research with children at home. It draws on data from individual and group interviews about children’s experiences of sibling relationships and birth order. The study was conducted with 90 children between the ages of 5 and 17, from 30 families o...

This article aims to illustrate the role of culture for individual development throughout the life span. First, theoretical approaches how culture affects the ontogenesis is presented, starting from early anthropological to recent eco-cultural and culture-informed approaches. Then, culture-specific conceptualizations of development over the life span are discussed, focusing on development in ch...

The work addresses the analysis of connections between indicators intergenerational relations, time perspective and psychological well-being. period early adulthood is a self-determination, searching for meanings setting goals future. Such transformations affect not only specific, but also integral mental characteristics, such as change in social roles that occurs at this age leads to formation...

The link between family relations and well-being in old age has received ample attention in the international literature, but remains least examined in the Arab region where cultural ideals assume positive intergenerational relations within families as the norm. In this paper, we employ survey data collected in Greater Beirut in 2009 to explore associations between family relations and health. ...

Across four experiments, we examine how the experience of power affects intergenerational decisionmaking. We argue, and empirically demonstrate, that the experience of power enhances intergenerational beneficence. This effect emerges because the experience of power in intergenerational dilemmas prompts a sense of social responsibility among powerholders. In particular, the experience of power i...

OBJECTIVE To compare the correlates of personal versus intergenerational leisure-time physical activity of parents using the theory of planned behavior. METHODS Participants were parents (n=126) with children between the ages of 2 and 12 years, and they completed a baseline questionnaire exploring intergenerational and personal activity. RESULTS Perceived behavioral control and behavioral f...