Burmykina O.N. Trends of Changes of Intergenerational Family Relations. Petersburg’s Sociology Today, 2019. Issue. 12, pp. 134-153.

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Abstract

Transformations of the modern Russian family, the specificity of which consists in the preservation of traditionalism and continuity, and at the same time - the openness to new things, occur against the background of social changes associated with generational shifts. A generation enters life with different values ​​and attitudes. While maintaining the high significance of the family and intergenerational relationships, behavioral patterns change. In recent years, both absolutely “new” phenomena and forms of maintaining family communication have emerged, as well as relatively “new” ones that did not have wide distribution earlier. The materials of an empirical study of Petersburg students' ideas about the family and their interactions with parents prove the simultaneous existence of “old” and “new” phenomena and tendencies of intergenerational relations. The conclusion is made about the preservation of intergenerational continuity. However, the ambiguity of the assessments of young people suggests a more pragmatic approach. External circumstances and specific situations are beginning to play a big role.