YorkSpace
    • English
    • français
  • English 
    • English
    • français
  • Login
View Item 
  •   YorkSpace Home
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies
  • Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
  • Psychology (Functional Area: Social and Personality)
  • View Item
  •   YorkSpace Home
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies
  • Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
  • Psychology (Functional Area: Social and Personality)
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Attitudes Towards Children of Divorce Among European Canadian and South Asian Canadian Young Adults: The Role of Divorce Norms and Cultural Identification

Thumbnail
View/Open
Michel_Justin_2017_Masters.pdf (691.6Kb)
Date
2018-03-01
Author
Michel, Justin

Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
Since the latter half of the 20th century, divorce has become relatively common in individualist cultures (e.g., European countries), while it is still rather uncommon in collectivist cultures (e.g., South Asian countries). Previous work has found that individuals that stray from marital norms can be stigmatized, but no previous studies have examined the views that people hold regarding children of divorce. The present study (N = 221) explored the extent to which European Canadian and South Asian Canadian young adults stigmatize other young adults from divorced families. While participants from both cultures were not highly stigmatizing, differences in stigma were partially explained by differences in perceived cultural divorce norms. The heritage cultural identification of South Asian Canadians was also found to moderate the relationship between perceived cultural norms and individual stigma. Results point to the importance of perceived social norms and cultural identification when examining the perception of young adults with divorced parents.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10315/34361
Collections
  • Psychology (Functional Area: Social and Personality)

All items in the YorkSpace institutional repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved except where explicitly noted.

YorkU LogoContact Us | Send Feedback
link to sitemap

 

Browse

All of YorkSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

LoginRegister

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

All items in the YorkSpace institutional repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved except where explicitly noted.

YorkU LogoContact Us | Send Feedback
link to sitemap