Ideaalin ja todellisuuden välimaastossa - katoavatko perheateriat?

Aims: The recent conversations about disappearing family meals, mental problems of the youngsters and family meals' protective effect on youngsters problems have been the base of this study. The main aim of this study is to find out, what kind of position family meals do have in the youngsters' lives. Study questions are: 1. What kind of conceptions youngsters have of family meals? 2. What kind of hands-on experience youngsters have about family meals? 3. How youngsters feel family meals on a emotional level? a. Are meals positive moments with the family or do they just limit timetables? b. Do the youngsters need family meals if they do not have those in their families? Why? Why not? Methods: The data was collected using stimulated recall -interviews and basic themed interviews. The data was collected from thirteen 8th graders from Pirkanmaa and Kanta-Häme. The interviews were analyzed with the qualitative content analysis. Results and conclusions: The youngsters' concepts of the meals and the family meals were quite traditional, assuming that those are warm, varied and eaten with company. The situation of the family meals was good and those were eaten nearly every day in the most of the families. The youngsters thought that the family meals were important social moments with the family and they were able to talk about important things with the family during the meals. They also felt that the daily eating rhythm was good and they did not felt that the meals would have been somehow restrictive. Even so that the pupils felt the family meals were important, the pupil whose family did not eat family meals did not long those meals. He felt that he was able to share his thoughts and experiences also in other ways. It is important that youngsters have this channel of communication.

Grantor dc:publisher

Helsingfors universitet

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Ristimäki, Elina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Helsingin yliopisto, käyttäytymistieteellinen tiedekunta, Opettajankoulutuslaitos
• University of Helsinki, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Department of Teacher Education
• Helsingfors universitet, Beteendevetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för lärarutbildning

• youngsters
• family
• family meals
• eating
• experiences
• nuoret
• perhe
• perheateria
• ruokailu
• kokemukset

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Language dc:language.iso

fin

Identifier URI

URN:NBN:fi-fe201109122382

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/27694