Intergenerational emotional transfers in the intra-family interaction

Abstract

© 2018 Transilvanian Association for the Literarure and Culture of Romanian People (ASTRA). All rights reserved. The paper deals with the specifics of intergenerational emotional transfers at the micro-level interaction in the modern Russian families. The research was conducted with the use of quantitative and qualitative methodology. Based on the analysis of the research results, the interaction peculiarities between different family generations - children/parents/grandparents-were identified in the following spheres of family communication: education, experience exchange, the use of information technology. It is proved that emotional intra family transfers between generations are sufficiently intensive both in the descending (from elder to younger generations) and the ascending lines. The factor enhancing the ascending emotional transfer is the specificity of the modern information society. In this society the representatives of the new, "digital" generation turn out to be better qualified to perform teaching, which is a non-traditional role for the younger family members.