Volume 18, Issue 3, November 2016, Pages 951–960
Chaffi W. Cyrille Ivan1 and Banindjel Joachen2
1 Université de Yaoundé I, Faculté des Sciences de l’Education, Cameroon
2 Université de Yaoundé I, Faculté des Sciences de l’Education, Cameroon
Original language: French
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The aim of this article is to examine the impact of polygamous family system on the aggressiveness of the teenage girl on the mother. In Cameroon, as in many other sub-Saharan Africa countries, the concept of polygamy is still highly valued, but faced with conflict and suffering between parent and teenager, especially in the absence of the father. The exploitation of the two clinical viewpoints helped highlight the reality by which the absence of the father in a polygynous family is a source of conflict between the girl and the mother and this is a source the dislocation of the family structure. This backdrop is perceived as an object of family disintegration. But that said, it remains important that the acknowledge that polygynous family is not in essence a source of conflict. The lack of emotional investment of father towards the girl leaves the family in a deep emotional suffering state leading the teenage girl in a process of deconstruction of acquired values that cause the violence of this girl towards her mother, running away from home, aggression, drug consumption.
Author Keywords: teenager, desertedness, polygynous family, paternal function, Hetero-aggressiveness.
Chaffi W. Cyrille Ivan1 and Banindjel Joachen2
1 Université de Yaoundé I, Faculté des Sciences de l’Education, Cameroon
2 Université de Yaoundé I, Faculté des Sciences de l’Education, Cameroon
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The aim of this article is to examine the impact of polygamous family system on the aggressiveness of the teenage girl on the mother. In Cameroon, as in many other sub-Saharan Africa countries, the concept of polygamy is still highly valued, but faced with conflict and suffering between parent and teenager, especially in the absence of the father. The exploitation of the two clinical viewpoints helped highlight the reality by which the absence of the father in a polygynous family is a source of conflict between the girl and the mother and this is a source the dislocation of the family structure. This backdrop is perceived as an object of family disintegration. But that said, it remains important that the acknowledge that polygynous family is not in essence a source of conflict. The lack of emotional investment of father towards the girl leaves the family in a deep emotional suffering state leading the teenage girl in a process of deconstruction of acquired values that cause the violence of this girl towards her mother, running away from home, aggression, drug consumption.
Author Keywords: teenager, desertedness, polygynous family, paternal function, Hetero-aggressiveness.
Abstract: (french)
Cet article vise à examiner l’impact du système familial polygamique sur l’agressivité dirigée contre la mère par l’adolescente. Au Cameroun, comme dans beaucoup d’autres pays d’Afrique sub-saharienne, la notion de polygamie est encore certes valorisée, mais confrontée à de conflits et souffrances entre mère et adolescente, surtout en l’absence du père. L’exploitation de deux vignettes cliniques ont permis de mettre en exergue la réalité selon laquelle l’absence du père dans une famille polygynique est source de conflit entre la mère et l’adolescente et cette situation génère une déconstruction familiale. Cette absence est perçue comme un objet de désintégration familiale. Mais ceci étant, il reste important de reconnaître que la famille polygynique n’est pas par essence source de conflit. Le désinvestissement émotionnel du père vis-à-vis de l’adolescente laisse la famille dans un état de mal-être (souffrance) psychologique profond, entrainant ainsi l’adolescente dans un processus de déconstruction des acquis qui provoquent la violence de celle-ci envers sa mère, la fugue, l’agression, la consommation des stupéfiants.
Author Keywords: Adolescente, Désertisme, Famille polygynique, Fonction paternelle, Hétéro agressivité.
How to Cite this Article
Chaffi W. Cyrille Ivan and Banindjel Joachen, “CRISE D’ADOLESCENCE ET HETERO AGRESSIVITE ENVERS LA MERE DANS LES FAMILLES POLYGYNIQUES : UNE ETUDE DE CAS DANS LA VILLE DE YAOUNDE,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 951–960, November 2016.
