A New Look at Filial Piety: Ideals and Practices of Family-Centered Parent Care in Korea

Новый взгляд на почитание родителей: идеалы и практика семейно-центрированной заботы о родителях в Корее
Kyunghee Sung
1990-10-01

Koreafamily harmonyfamily-centered parent carefilial pietymotives for filial pietyrespectresponsibilitysacrificetypes of care and services
This paper presents results of the analysis of 817 stories about Koreans who exemplify filial piety, a dominant value of East Asian nations. Corollaries were identified, such as types of care and services provided to elderly parents, motives for filial piety, kinds of emphases given in filial duties, and sacrifices endured for parents. The most outstanding dimensions underlying filial piety were respect, responsibility, family harmony and sacrifice. Findings provide both conceptual and practical tools for understanding and practicing filial piety.
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Analysis of 817 stories identified common patterns of filial piety among Koreans who exemplify the value.
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Findings offer conceptual and practical tools for understanding and practicing filial piety.
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Four outstanding dimensions underlying filial piety were identified: respect, responsibility, family harmony, and sacrifice.
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Kinds of emphases in filial duties were identified, highlighting which obligations are prioritized in practice.
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Motives for filial piety were characterized, showing diverse underlying reasons for caring for parents.
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Primary types of care and services provided to elderly parents were catalogued as corollaries of filial behavior.
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Sacrifices endured for parents were documented as a distinct dimension of filial behavior.

Filial piety as practiced by Koreans caring for their elderly parents

Ideals and lived practices of family-centered parent care including types of care and services, motives, emphases in filial duties, and sacrifices

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