Psychological Changes and the Transmission of Cultural Values From Ageing Adults to Young People in the Bafutfondom of Cameroon
Keywords:
Psychological changes, cultural values, ageing adults, socialization, young people, Bafut FondomAbstract
This study looks at the influence of psychological changes on the transmission of cultural values from ageing adults to young people in the BafutFondom of Cameroon. Any society has a predominant role to play in nurturing, socializing and most importantly transmitting cultural, social and moral values to young people.The Bafut Fondom is not an exemption and one would have expected a smooth socialisation process from the ageing adults to the young people. But unfortunately, there is a shift in perception of the role and status of the old as the young are increasingly less likely to look up to the elders as a source of cultural values. Instead, they are influenced by globalisation and digital media, leading to potential erosion of traditional cultural practices.It is on this premise that the study set out to investigate the relationship between psychological changes and the transmission of cultural values from ageing adults to young people in the BafutFondom of Cameroon.The study adopted a sequential exploratory mixed method research design. A sample size of 195, made up of 150 old people (60 years of age and above) and 45 young people (children, adolescents and young adults), were purposively selected for the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from the ageing adults, while an interview was used to collect qualitative data from the young people. Quantitative data obtained was analyzed using descriptive statistics, while qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis. For inferential statistics, Pearson Product Moment correlation was used to verify the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that psychological changes have a significant relationship with socialisation and the transmission of cultural values from ageing adults to young people in the BafutFondom (r =- 0.328, df=178, p=0.011). Qualitative findingsrevealed that the youths feel stressed because of changes in family structure and also lack resources to satisfy their needs. The respondents see the situation of youths not acquiring the necessary cultural values as quite challenging. Based on the findings, the studyrecommended that since change is inevitable in society, there is the need to constantly evaluate the cultural values in order to come up with the best practices for a holistic value-based approach to youth empowerment.
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