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When the Family Occupies the Future – Self-Processes and Well-Being of Kyrgyz Children and Young People

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  • Doris Bühler-Niederberger

    (University of Wuppertal)

  • Jessica Schwittek

    (University of Duisburg-Essen)

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The paper focuses on the question of how young people in the post-Soviet country of Kyrgyzstan deal with the structural and cultural demands of a society characterized by strong obligations of intergenerational solidarity and the normative pattern of submission under the authority of elders. Based on three preponderantly qualitative empirical studies on kindergarten children, teenagers and young adults, young people’s commitment to that order is mapped out, defining their reasons for acceptance on the one hand and the limits of their acceptance on the other hand. Concerning the latter, a special focus is laid on processes of the “self” as well as notions of a “generation gap”. We can then deduce what the hierarchical age order means for the well-being of young people.

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  • Doris Bühler-Niederberger & Jessica Schwittek, 2022. "When the Family Occupies the Future – Self-Processes and Well-Being of Kyrgyz Children and Young People," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 15(4), pages 1179-1207, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:15:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1007_s12187-021-09873-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-021-09873-6
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