Lomonosov Psychology Journal
ISSN 0137-0936
eISSN 2309-9852
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ISSN 0137-0936
eISSN 2309-9852

Article

Mineeva O.A., Liders A.G. (2011). A technique for investigation of implicit theories of family. The Moscow University Psychology Bulletin, 2, 110-125

Abstract

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. 

Pages: 110-125

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

For citing this article:

Mineeva O.A., Liders A.G. (2011). A technique for investigation of implicit theories of family. The Moscow University Psychology Bulletin, 2, 110-125