The parenting practice of single mothers in Turkey: Challenges and strategies

Kavas, Serap; Gündüz-Hosgör, A.

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2013.05.004

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“…It is important to highlight that in our sample nearly all fathers (93%) were reported to be noncustodial parents, as it is very common for young children to live with their mothers after divorce in Turkey. In a recent qualitative study, Turkish divorced mothers stated that it is important for fathers to be psychologically present to reestablish paternal authority and resolve parental ambiguity in the new family structure (Kavaş & Gündüz-Hoşgör, 2013). In particular, most mothers stressed the protective role of fathers’ conformity with the socially expected authoritarian Turkish father figure on their children’s adjustment (Kavaş & Gündüz-Hoşgör, 2013, p. 60).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is also important to note that in the aftermath of divorce, mothers in Turkey often play multiple pivotal roles in children’s upbringing and postdivorce family functioning. They act as primary caregivers, school liaisons, and decision makers for child-related matters, because they are typically granted the equivalent of sole custody of their children (Kavaş & Gündüz-Hoşgör, 2013). Prior research shows that divorced mothers are also the gatekeepers for the children’s contact with fathers and construct their children’s image of fathers in how they talk about and represent the father at home (Kiray, 1976; Sarkisian, 2006).…”

Section: Modernization Of Families and Increasing Divorce In Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Prior research shows that divorced mothers are also the gatekeepers for the children’s contact with fathers and construct their children’s image of fathers in how they talk about and represent the father at home (Kiray, 1976; Sarkisian, 2006). Accordingly, mothers’ perceptions of their ex-partners and parental discrepancies are closely linked to quality of the father–child relationship, coparental conflict, and triangulation (Kavaş & Gündüz-Hoşgör, 2013; Madden-Derdich & Leonard, 2002; McHale & Lindahl, 2011).…”

Section: Modernization Of Families and Increasing Divorce In Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Perceived Parental Remote Acculturation Gaps Among Divorced Coparents and Children’s Adjustment in Turkey

Giray

Ferguson

2018

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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The possibility of differential remote acculturation to a distant culture is yet another chasm that divorced coparents must bridge as they raise their children in globalizing urban settings. This study explored the association between parental remote acculturation and perceived parental remote acculturation gaps in two acculturation domains (behavior, identity), in relation to children’s adjustment in Turkish divorced families. Altogether, 177 urban divorced mothers in Turkey reported their own and their ex-partners’ remote acculturation to U.S. and Turkish cultures, and their joint children’s internalizing (social withdrawal, anxiety) and externalizing (aggression) behaviors. Perceived remote acculturation gaps were operationalized with match:mismatch and interaction methods. Sequential regression analyses accounting for parental conflict resolution revealed that mothers’ perceptions of fathers’ American identity was positively associated with children’s social withdrawal. Regarding perceived acculturation gaps, one particular cross-dimension pairing—strongly U.S.-identified “AmeriTurk” mothers paired with strongly Turkish-identified fathers—predicted lower internalizing problems. Although having an Americanized father might confer some risk for children in divorced families in Turkey, having an “AmeriTurk” mother and traditional Turkish father may be protective, suggesting the benefit of integration as a family-level remote acculturation strategy. Taken together, parental remote acculturation and perceived remote acculturation gaps in identity (not behavior) predicted the socioemotional (not behavioral) adjustment of children above and beyond parental discord. Findings highlight the family repercussions of remote acculturation in Eurasia, underscore the importance of multidomain acculturation measurement, confirm the superior sensitivity of the interaction method, and extend its application to assessing cross-dimension pairings as a new type of acculturation gap.

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Perceived Parental Remote Acculturation Gaps Among Divorced Coparents and Children’s Adjustment in Turkey

Giray

Ferguson

2018

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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