Doing daughtering: an exploration of adult daughters’ constructions of role portrayals in relation to mothers

Alford, Allison M.

doi:10.1080/01463373.2021.1920442

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“…Emotional interaction between adult daughters and their mothers continues (Frase et al, 2022). Adult daughters have an active contribution to their mothers' lives (Alford, 2021). According to adult daughters, mothers compare themselves with their daughters to evaluate their ideas and abilities.…”

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The Effect of Mother-Daughter Connectedness and Social Comparison Motivation on Co-Shopping and Co-Consumption: a Research on Adult Daughters

KILIÇER,

PAÇ ÇELİK

2024

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Although extensive research has been carried out on intergenerational effects related to consumption between adolescent daughters and their mothers, few studies have focused on consumption interaction between adult daughters and their mothers. Especially as adult daughters and mothers get older, the mother-daughter relationship evolves into one characterized by increased sharing. It is observed that the role of adult daughters in their mothers' choices is increasing. This study aims to determine whether social comparison motivation affects the relationship between the adult daughter-mother connectedness and their hedonic co-shopping, co-consumption of fashion products, and inclination to change mothers' clothing styles. In other words, the current study examines consumption interactions between adult daughters and their mothers from the perspective of social comparison theory, based on the opinions of adult daughters. Data for this study were collected employing survey methodology with 380 females aged 18-35 who shop with their mothers. The respondents were determined through the judgmental sampling technique. The structural equation modeling (SEM) approach was used to identify the causal relationships between variables. According to adult daughters, their connectedness with their mothers positively affects their mothers' social comparison motivation. Mothers' social comparison motivation positively and significantly influences hedonic co-shopping. It also positively affects the role of adult daughters in changing their mothers' clothing styles and the co-consumption of fashion products. However, the effect of social comparison motivation on these two variables is lower than the effect on hedonic co-shopping. The findings of this study suggest some practical clues for marketing communication messages that brands in the fashion sector will develop.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Throughout their lives, adult daughters have an ongoing and active contribution throughout life in their relationships with their mothers (Alford, 2021). Frase et al (2022), in their study on mother-adult daughter pairs, emphasize that in families with a higher number of female children, mothers receive more attention from their daughters.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Effect of Mother-Daughter Connectedness and Social Comparison Motivation on Co-Shopping and Co-Consumption: a Research on Adult Daughters

KILIÇER,

PAÇ ÇELİK

2024

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“…It can be argued that the daughters’ struggle to realize and articulate their own needs for education and support is an important and novel finding. One might view the difficulties in recognizing one’s own needs in the same light as a study in communication, which was attesting to society’s lack of language toward daughterhood because the daughters’ efforts were exercised mostly in silence, hidden from the public (Alford, 2021). Similarly, the daughters in the current study knew what they wanted for their mothers but had significant difficulties in reflecting on their own role.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Keeping the Connection Alive With Tender Care and Common Sense: A Phenomenological Study on Daughters’ Experiences of Having a Mother in a Nursing Home

2022

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The relationship between mother and daughter is exceptional when it comes to closeness and its impact on their whole life. Thus, a mother’s move to a nursing home is pivotal for both of them. The aim of this interpretative phenomenological study, using the Vancouver School of Doing Phenomenology, was to explore daughters’ experience of having a mother in a nursing home, its impact on the maternal relationship, and the daughters' need for education and support. Data were collected by 21 semi-structured interviews with 12 women who had mothers living in a nursing home. Keeping the connection alive with tender care and common sense encapsulates the interrelation between the daughters’ urge to hold on to the mother–daughter relationship and the rare consideration of education and support from health professionals. Responsibility and sense of duty paired with relief because the mother is in a safe place were accompanied by the daughters’ need for confirmation that the mother is well taken care of.

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“…Although women autoethnographers have depicted their mother-daughter relationships in connection with their health status and EBs, the structural forces leading them to represent their mothers in this way have received insufficient reflection. It is also crucial to explore how certain attitudes toward mothers have developed, as such knowledge could help clear intergenerational misunderstandings and contribute to constructive dialogue between mothers and their daughters (Alford, 2021). Often, mother-daughter relationships are troubled in adulthood because the factors contributing to the disruption of those relationships are not well understood by either side (Alford, 2021).…”

Section: Autoethnography Of Women's Health Eds and Mother-daughter Re...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is also crucial to explore how certain attitudes toward mothers have developed, as such knowledge could help clear intergenerational misunderstandings and contribute to constructive dialogue between mothers and their daughters (Alford, 2021). Often, mother-daughter relationships are troubled in adulthood because the factors contributing to the disruption of those relationships are not well understood by either side (Alford, 2021).…”

Section: Autoethnography Of Women's Health Eds and Mother-daughter Re...mentioning

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Mother blaming and anorexia: How ideological state apparatuses have informed my perception of my mother's role in the formation of my eating disorder

Mikhaylova

2022

Feminism & Psychology

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Autoethnographic research has described the tendency to ascribe blame to mothers for their daughters’ disordered eating patterns, but the mechanisms by which these attitudes develop have been insufficiently investigated. The literature on mother-blaming and mothers’ roles in the development of women's eating disorders has provided macro-level theoretical explanations for this attribution of blame but lacks depictions of women who subscribe to these macro narratives and yet subsequently attribute blame to their own mothers on the micro level. In this paper, I address these two gaps by conducting a feminist autoethnographic inquiry into my own history of blaming my mother for my anorexia and other disordered eating patterns. I use classical structuralist and post-structuralist theoretical concepts, as well as Althusser's proposed neo-Marxist idea of ideological state apparatuses (ISAs). Results indicate that my mother-blaming behavior was mainly influenced by apparatuses of medicine, church, education, family, and culture. Legal, political, civic, and media apparatuses were less involved in the construction of my perception in this area. All in all, my findings provide richer insight into mother-blaming internalization on the micro level and enlarge the “palette” of feminist approaches to eating disorder analysis.

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Doing daughtering: an exploration of adult daughters’ constructions of role portrayals in relation to mothers

Cited by 6 publications

References 54 publications

The Effect of Mother-Daughter Connectedness and Social Comparison Motivation on Co-Shopping and Co-Consumption: a Research on Adult Daughters

The Effect of Mother-Daughter Connectedness and Social Comparison Motivation on Co-Shopping and Co-Consumption: a Research on Adult Daughters

Keeping the Connection Alive With Tender Care and Common Sense: A Phenomenological Study on Daughters’ Experiences of Having a Mother in a Nursing Home

Mother blaming and anorexia: How ideological state apparatuses have informed my perception of my mother's role in the formation of my eating disorder

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