Process of transmission and selecting values and meaning of life from parents to children: Affecting factors

The formation of values in children by parents includes two processes; The first is the process of transferring concepts from parents to children, and the second is the process of children's selection of the transferred content. The purpose of this research was to analyze factors affecting this process. The present study was conducted through a qualitative research method along with an interpretative phenomenology one. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews. Interviews were conducted with 10 parents and 9 children from Iranian families at the threshold of adulthood [1]. Data analysis was conducted by Smith's interpretation method. In this research, three main themes and twelve sub-themes were obtained from the analyses of the interviews. The main themes were motives in the transfer and selection process, gradual emergence of conflicts and the impact of parent-child relationship on the optimization of the transfer and selection process. According to the findings, it can be said that the main motivation of parents for transferring was to protect their children and the main motivation of children for selection was to form their independent identity. Such process occurs in an optimal state in which both of these motives are in a context of respect and affection.