O casal e as relações de parentesco por afinidade: os sogros

Abstract

Can experiments with relationship by marriage experienced by the couple in their original families clarify how relations with kinship affinity are presented in the current married life? This study analyzes the resulting repercussions of experiences with kinship by marriage the couple lived in their original families in building these relationships in the current married life, focusing on the parents-in-laws. It is a qualitative study, with multiple cases study design from a reasoned approach to systemic epistemology. Semi-structured interviews with three couples were held individually in a convenience sample, based on the following inclusion criteria: be between 25 and 45 years old; be middle class; be heterosexual; present degree of high school or university education; be first conjugal union; have both parents alive, and have children. Data were initially analyzed individually, case by case, based on what emerged from the talks, then grouped from unusual aspects obtained through the constant comparative method. The results refer to recurring issues such as: issue of housing and border revision; spouses as mediators between the partner and their relationship by marriage; in-laws as grandparents; strengthening the "absolute I". These results confirm the intergenerational transmission of wedding interaction patterns of parents for couples investigated, showing a tendency to repetition by gender, by at least one of the spouses. These interactions processes reveal the existence of a set of interests from the original families, in the role of grandparents as a way to keep the new couple attached to them, which deserves to be carefully studied.