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Tunisian Parents' Roles as Listeners in Their Children's Sharing of Negative School Memories: A Qualitative Study with Tunisian Youth

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Tunisian Parents' Roles as Listeners in Their Children's Sharing of Negative School Memories: A Qualitative Study with Tunisian Youth | Zenodo Skip to main Communities My dashboard Log in Sign up Zenodo is currently experiencing slowness and intermittent outages due to heavy automated traffic from bots and AI crawlers. We are aware of the problem, and our team is focused on stabilizing the service. Thank you for your patience. Published May 7, 2026 | Version v1 Conference proceeding Open Tunisian Parents' Roles as Listeners in Their Children's Sharing of Negative School Memories: A Qualitative Study with Tunisian Youth Authors/Creators ZANETI, SARAH (Researcher) Description Due to a dramatic lack of literature on autobiographical memory-sharing in the Tunisian context, this qualitative study replicates our prior research conducted with Turkish participants. It aims to explore (1) the perceived Functions of Sharing Negative Memories and (2) the characteristics of preferred and unpreferred listeners, specifically when parents serve as listeners to their emerging adult children’s negative school experiences in Tunisia. The negative memories of Tunisian emerging adult children were instructed to be limited to the school setting to maintain narrative homogeneity. Using semi-structured interviews with 10 Tunisian participants, the data were fully transcribed and rigorously analyzed following Braun and Clarke’s six-phase thematic analysis framework. The study identified both similarities and differences compared to the original Turkish sample. Directive functions were the most commonly reported. Additionally, self-functions were associated with fathers as listeners, while emotion regulation functions were linked to mothers. When serving as listeners, Tunisian mothers were preferred for their empathy and emotional closeness (relationship closeness), whereas Tunisian fathers were preferred for offering logical advice. Fathers may be unpreferred listeners due to perceived harsh criticism and emotional distance (relationship distance), while mothers may be unpreferred mainly due to being frequently distracted. Findings are discussed in light of the literature grounded in the Tunisian cultural context. Files 2-26.pdf Files (1.3 MB) Name Size Download all 2-26.pdf md5:329f681eb1069d0b4213c84dba297bb2 1.3 MB Preview Download Additional details References Agbaria, Q. (2017). Emotional attachment patterns and parenting styles as predictors of emotion regulation among Arab kindergarten children. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences. Alea, N., & Bluck, S. (2003). Why are you telling me that? A conceptual model of the social function of autobiographical memory. 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