Relationships between adolescents and adults: the significance of narrative and context
| dc.contributor.author | Shelmerdine, Sarah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-05T08:45:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-05T08:45:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-05T08:42:04Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | A substantial body of research links the developmental outcomes of young people to the relationships they have with adults. However, very little research provides insight into the mechanisms whereby relationships achieve their outcomes or the specific qualities of those relationships. This paper explores the construction of relationships between young people and adults in three different socio-cultural settings in Cape Town. Four young people in each setting, namely Ocean View, Fish Hoek and Masiphumelele were interviewed about their relationships with the most important adults in their lives. Where possible, the adults they identified were interviewed also. Interviews were unstructured and analysed thematically. Fundamentally, constructions of the relationships in all three settings were found to be similar. All adults encouraged young people to succeed and sought to protect them against risk. However, the nature of the opportunities and risks, and of the material context in general, differ between the three different study sites and have considerable import for the narratives of the relationships from each. The paper argues that the differences between the three sites indicate the responsiveness and adaptation of ideals and discourses to environmental demands, rather than fundamental ideological discrepancies. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Shelmerdine, S. (2005). <i>Relationships between adolescents and adults: the significance of narrative and context</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19431 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Shelmerdine, Sarah <i>Relationships between adolescents and adults: the significance of narrative and context.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19431 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Shelmerdine, S. (2005). Relationships between adolescents and adults: The significance of narrative and context. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 1-77011-051-8 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Shelmerdine, Sarah AB - A substantial body of research links the developmental outcomes of young people to the relationships they have with adults. However, very little research provides insight into the mechanisms whereby relationships achieve their outcomes or the specific qualities of those relationships. This paper explores the construction of relationships between young people and adults in three different socio-cultural settings in Cape Town. Four young people in each setting, namely Ocean View, Fish Hoek and Masiphumelele were interviewed about their relationships with the most important adults in their lives. Where possible, the adults they identified were interviewed also. Interviews were unstructured and analysed thematically. Fundamentally, constructions of the relationships in all three settings were found to be similar. All adults encouraged young people to succeed and sought to protect them against risk. However, the nature of the opportunities and risks, and of the material context in general, differ between the three different study sites and have considerable import for the narratives of the relationships from each. The paper argues that the differences between the three sites indicate the responsiveness and adaptation of ideals and discourses to environmental demands, rather than fundamental ideological discrepancies. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Centre for Social Science Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 1-77011-051-8 T1 - Relationships between adolescents and adults: the significance of narrative and context TI - Relationships between adolescents and adults: the significance of narrative and context UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19431 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19431 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Shelmerdine S. Relationships between adolescents and adults: the significance of narrative and context. 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19431 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | Centre for Social Science Research | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ | |
| dc.subject.other | relationships | |
| dc.title | Relationships between adolescents and adults: the significance of narrative and context | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |