TTLV: Family conflicts in suburban areas in the process of urbanization

1. Full name of PhD student: Tran Thu Huong 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 15, 1978 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on recognition of PhD student No.: Decision on recognition of PhD student No.

2387/SDH dated June 29, 2007 of the Director of Hanoi National University

6. Changes in the training process:

7. Thesis topic: Family conflicts in suburban areas in the process of urbanization.

8. Major: Social Psychology 9. Code: Pilot training major

10. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Tran Thi Minh Duc and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Thi Thanh Huong.

11. Summary ofnew resultsof the thesis:

- Based on the systematization of theoretical studies on conflict and family conflict, the thesis has developed the concept of family conflict in suburban areas and criteria for assessing family conflict through 3 aspects of expression: cognition, emotion and behavior while performing the main functions of the family.

- By combining the use of different methods, the thesis has shown the reality of family conflicts in suburban areas in the process of urbanization on each main function of the family with different levels of conflict.

- The thesis has pointed out subjective and objective factors affecting family conflicts in suburban areas.

- The thesis has proposed a number of measures and recommendations to reduce family conflicts in suburban areas.

12. Practical applicability: Governments at all levels, Women's Union,

The Youth Union can use the results of the thesis as a reference and develop measures to reduce family conflicts in the locality under its management.

13. Further research directions: Within the theoretical framework, the arguments

Research on family conflict in suburban areas and the results of practical research show that some of the following research questions need to be further clarified with the cooperation of sociologists and cultural scientists:

- How do individual factors such as needs, life views, values ​​and village community cohesion affect family conflicts?

- How do objective factors related to the process of occupational structure transformation and changes in lifestyle from purely rural areas to service industry lead to conflicts in family relationships?

14. Published works related to the thesis:

- Tran Thu Huong, Truong Quang Lam (2010), “The impact of urbanization on the relationships of family members in suburban areas (The case of Van Binh commune, Thuong Tin district, Hanoi)”, Journal of Psychology(ISSN 1859-0098) (4), p. 57 - 63.

- Tran Thu Huong (2012), “Suburban families under the impact of urbanization”,Journal of Psychology(ISSN 1859-0098) (4), p. 89 - 98.

- Tran Thu Huong (2012), “Application of social psychology theory to explain the phenomenon of family conflicts in suburban areas”,Proceedings of the International Scientific ConferenceTraining, research and application of psychology in the context of international integration(ISBN 978-604-62-0750-4), p. 320 – 326.

- Tran Thu Huong (2014), "Family conflicts in suburban areas viewed from the emotional perspective"

touchJournal of Social Psychology(ISSN 0866-8019) (4), p. 1-10.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Tran Thu Huong 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 15, 1978 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: Decision no 2387/SĐH dated June 29, 2007 of the President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: Family conflict in peri-urban areas in the process of urbanization.

8. Major: Social Psychology 9. Code: Pilot training major

10. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Tran Thi Minh Duc; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Thi Thanh Huong

11. Summary of thenew findingsof the thesis:

- On the basis of the systematization of theoretical research on conflict and family conflict, the thesis has developed the concept of family conflict in peri-urban areas and the criteria for assessing family conflict through 3 dimensions: perceptions, emotions and behaviors while performing the major functions of family.

- By combining the use of different methods, the thesis points out the real situation in the conflict of suburban family in the process of urbanization on the function of each family with different levels of conflict.

- The thesis points out the subjective and objective factors relating to conflict affected families in suburban areas.

- The thesis proposes a number of measures and proposals to reduce family conflict in urban neighborhoods.

12. Practical applicability: The authorities, Women Union, Youth Union can use the

results stated thesis for references and build conflict mitigation measures at the local family management.

13. Further research direction: In the theoretical framework, the research points of

family conflict in peri-urban areas and the results of empirical research suggest some of the following issues which should be clarified with the cooperation of the sociologists and culturalists:

- The personal factors such as demand, values ​​​​and cohesiveness in communities to influence family conflict.

- The objective factors related to the process of vocational structure and and change of mode of living from rural areas to the service industry led to conflict in family relationships.

14. The published works related to the thesis:

- Tran Thu Huong, Truong Quang Lam (2010), “Impact of urbanization process on family member relationships in peri-urban family (Case of Van Binh Commune, Thuong Tin District, Ha Noi)”,Journal of Psychology(ISSN 1859-0098) (4), pp. 57 - 63.

- Tran Thu Huong (2012), “Suburban family under the impact of urbanization”,Journal of Psychology(ISSN 1859-0098) (4), pp. 89 - 98.

-Tran Thu Huong (2012), “Applied social psychology theories to explain the phenomenon of family conflict in peri-urban areas”, Proceedings of the International Workshop onTraining,Research andApplication of psychology in the context of international integration(ISBN 978-604-62-0750-4), pp. 320 - 326.

-Tran Thu Huong (2014), “Family conflict in peri-urban areas: emotional perspectives”,Journal of Social Psychology(ISSN 0866-8019) (4), pp. 1-10.