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Vårt liv, vår fritid, våra förebilder, vår framtid och där vi bor
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
2012 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Few studies enlighten the problem associated with the dialectical relationship between adults and adolescents and how that affects the construction of identity for adolescent’s, in relation to two areas that are closely bordering to each other but differs socioeconomically whereas one area is much weaker on resources than the other. These two areas is Högberget and Haganäs, which are situated in a larger city in Sweden.

For us to be able to enlighten this problem we have chosen to use an inductive research approach so that we can explain how adolescents construct their identity and how the organized spare time, in addition with the influence of adults, impacts on adolescents construction of their identity.

Therefore we have used interviews as method, both group and individual, so it can regulate which theories that influence our study. The two theories that wires through the entire study are firstly Peter L. Bergman and Thomas Luckmanns theory on social construction where the idea is that the human being is an active social being that constructs its own reality. The secondary theory used in our study is Anthony Giddens theory on identity and modernity in a postmodern society that enlightens the construction of identity in addition to the reflective being in our modern society, and how that aid people in constructing our self-identity and identity.

Some important aspects that are revealed during this study is how important it is for adolescents to get to experience some aspects of safety, solidarity, trust, influence et cetera. And how important these aspects are on creating a conjunction between adults and adolescents, the dialectical relationship where the relationship is mutual, which is so important for adolescent’s construction of identity in relation to their leisure time.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2012. , p. 47
Keywords [en]
Adolescents, adults, construction of identity, organized spare time, dialectical relationship
Keywords [sv]
Ungdomar, vuxna, identitetsskapande, organiserad fritid, dialektik
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-18175OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-18175DiVA, id: diva2:601225
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Sociologi
Uppsok
Humanities, Theology
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Available from: 2013-01-29 Created: 2013-01-28 Last updated: 2013-01-29Bibliographically approved

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