Mother-daughter relations: An exploratory study of feminine gender role identity.
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Title
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Mother-daughter relations: An exploratory study of feminine gender role identity.
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Identifier
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AAI9000739
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identifier
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9000739
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Creator
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Vazquez-Arniella, Rosa.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Arietta Slade
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Date
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1989
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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This exploratory study focused on the transmission of female gender role identity themes in a group of ten middle class, married women and their adolescent daughters. The psychoanalytic, feminist-informed literature, proposes that mothers transmit to their daughters "feminine point of view.".;Through the use of a semi-structured interview, subjects were asked about areas such as: internal self-evaluation as a female, maternal messages regarding women and female roles, the influence of other object relations identity themes, and relational identifications between generations.;A content analysis was utilized to analyze the data. Three groupings emerged which were conceptualized as possible resolutions in the intergenerational transmission of female gender role identity. Of the ten mother-daughter pairs interviewed, two were classified as Resolution 1: "I am like my mother". These were generally characterized by their reports of being comfortable with their gendered sense of self, and seemed to have achieved a balance between internal identity and external role behaviors. The four mother-daughter pairs in Resolution 2: "I Don't Want to be Like My Mother {dollar}\...{dollar} But am I?", reported their relations as generally characterized by ambivalent, contradictory feelings and behaviors. They also reported contradictory feelings about their femininity. They seemed to be trying to reconcile painful intrapersonal experiences of gender, while trying overtly to attain ideal female behavior. The third Resolution, "I am Different From My Mother", described relational themes between the remaining four pairs in the sample. Mothers conveyed messages regarding female gender role identity based on differentiation and even opposition to their own mother's conceptions. By balancing their needs as developing women and their gender-related roles, they were able to convey to their daughters positive attitudes and positive behaviors regarding being a women.;The roles of the fathers, and other object relations were highlighted as enhancing a positive female gender role identity for most subjects.;Findings were discussed in the light of object-relations theory.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
