Social representations of the "family" among young Tunisians

Abstract

This research aims to study the family relationship of young Tunisians, more specifically, it is interested in social representations of “family” in young people and those in an experimental approach based on the questionnaire. The associative method under its model of free and hierarchical evocation and supported by a categorical analysis was put to our respondents to promote access to the complexity of their social representations and know the essential components thereof. Our research results have shown the relevance of structuring these representations around four main themes: love as a value related to the family, the family as a central value in our society, the authoritarian nature of the parents and the role played by this family institution in the transmission of values and norms