A technique for investigation of implicit theories of family.

Liders, Aleksandr G. (Lomonosov Moscow State University)
Mineeva O.A. (Moscow State University of Psychology and Education)

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The article describes a psychosemantic technique for investigation of representations of the family. It is shown that the implicit theory of the family (ITF) have a three-level structure, depending on age, gender and culture. So, there is a system of basic constructs, components of ITF which are common to all people: (1) Family — Individual, (2) We (Dependence — Affection), which connotative shade, and (3) The functions of the Family (Social — Psychological). The authors examine similarities and differences in ITF of French and Russians, men and women, married and unmarried, people of different age.

Keywords: psychology of the family; the implicit theory of the family ; multidimensional scaling; social representations ; psychosemantics ; individual and group differences; cross-cultural researches

Liders, Aleksandr G., Mineeva O.A. (2011). A technique for investigation of implicit theories of family.. Lomonosov Psychology Journal, (2), 110-125.

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