mily rituals as a factor determining stability and permanence of the family system in the dynamically changing world
Abstract
Research objective: The aim of the article is to present the phenomenon of a family ritual from the perspective of its function and significance for the quality of the life of a family and its permanence.
The research problem and methods: The research problem focuses on finding answers to the following questions: What are family rituals? What is their significance for family life and its quality from the perspective of its stability and permanence? The study is conducted using the analytical and synthetic method of the analysis of subject literature.
The process of argumentation: Referring to interdisciplinary scientific studies, the article presents the analysis of the ritual and family ritual, taking into account a broader conceptual category - tradition. It also indicates fundamental functions of celebrating rituals in the family and the benefits that can be derived from these events in both individual and family dimensions.
Research results: Adhering to family rituals contributes to the harmony and integration of the family system. Family rituals may therefore play the role of specific constants in the changing world and serve as factors which bond and integrate the family.
Conclusions, innovations, and recommendations: The constitutive feature of the modern world is a dynamic change that affects human life, causing new threats and offering opportunities. Family breakdown and the weakening of family relations are frequent phenomena. In the era of ubiquitous consumption and the digital-information revolution, family rituals may be seen as a kind of remedy helping to preserve close ties in the family, and thus its stability and permanence. What is needed in this respect is education of all generations and promotion of family rituals and their valuable celebration (preventive measures) as well as scientific exploration of this problem area.
References
Błasiak, A i Chmura, A. (2017). Codzienność życia rodziny jako przestrzeń wychowania. Wybrane teoretyczne aspekty. W: A. Walulik i J. Mółka (red.), Septuaginta pedagogiczno-katechetyczna. Kraków: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie.
Braun-Gałkowska, M. (2008). Psychologia domowa. Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL.
De Saint-Exupery, A. (1993). Mały Książe. Warszawa: Instytut Wydawniczy PAX.
Eliade, M. (1997). Inicjacja, obrzędy, stowarzyszenia tajemne. Kraków: Znak.
Farnicka, M. i Liberska, H. (2013). Wizja własnego życia i rytuały rodzinne wskazywane jako życiowe źródła wsparcia. Rocznik Lubuski, Tom 39, cz. 2, 215-225.
Maisonneuve, J. (1995). Rytuały dawne i współczesne. Gdańsk: GWP.
Szacki, J. (2011). Tradycja. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.
Tymochowicz, M. (2013/2014). Rola tradycyjnych obrzędów przejścia w podtrzymywaniu więzi rodzinnych i społecznych (na przykładach z obszaru woj. lubelskiego). Rocznik Lubelskiego Towarzystwa Genealogicznego, Tom V, 188-211.
Wilk, J. (2002). Pedagogika rodziny. Lublin: Wydawnictwo Poligrafia Salezjańska.
Zagórska, W. i Lipska, A. (2013). „Tak kiedyś zostało ustalone”. Rytuały rodzinne z perspektywy autobiograficznej młodych dorosłych. Psychologia Wychowawcza, nr 4, 117-137.
Zagórska, W. i Lipska, A. (2015). Rytuały rodzinne – koncepcje, badania, funkcje psychologiczne. Psychologia Rozwojowa, tom 20, nr 2, 11-25.
Zagórska, W. i Lipska, A. (2016). Pokochać tradycję i rytuały rodzinne, Fides Et Ratio, 211-223.
Copyright (c) 2019 Anna Błasiak
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain the copyright to their work while granting the journal the right of first publication. The work will be simultaneously licensed under a CC BY-ND license, which permits others to share the work with proper credit given to the author and the original publication in this journal.
- Authors may enter into additional, non-exclusive agreements for the distribution of the published version of the work (e.g., posting it in an institutional repository or publishing it in another journal), provided that the original publication in this journal is acknowledged.
We allow and encourage authors to share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on personal websites) both before and during the submission process, as this can foster beneficial exchanges and lead to earlier and increased citations of the published work. (See The Effect of Open Access). We recommend using any of the following academic networking platforms:
