subject:(Samoans Religion)

AUT University

1. Cowley-Malcolm, Esther Tumama. Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting.

Degree: AUT University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/25

► This qualitative study describes maternal and paternal experiences of thirty-five Samoans living in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. The study was conducted in order to establish,… (more)

▼ This qualitative study describes maternal and paternal experiences of thirty-five Samoans living in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. The study was conducted in order to establish, "What, if any changes to parenting practices have occurred since their family migrated into New Zealand?Through interviews, respondents discussed their values, attitudes and beliefs and how they perceived that they were brought up by their own parents. They also described and discussed their own roles as parents and the roles of their children. They also discussed how the church influenced the ways in which their parents parented them and the way they themselves parent their children. Respondents were chosen via a snowball technique of referrals from four different church ministers. The four churches were selected on the recommendation of one Samoan Church Minister as being representative of the Samoan community. Four ministers were interviewed, along with four elders and five parents from each church. Seven other people from outside these churches, four not church attenders were also interviewed in order to be able to further explore the importance and effects of the churches. The theoretical approach engaged a combination of the principles of Grounded Theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) and the 'Fa'afaletui,' (Tamasese, 1997.) The latter is a Samoan framework which gives a multi-layered approach to data interpretation using a range of lenses and perspectives. In conducting this investigation, the combination of Western and Samoan frameworks was appropriate especially given the cultural sensitivities that were apparent around the topic matter and the ethnicity of the respondents and the researcher. Earlier findings, concerning discipline by (Fairbairn-Dunlop, 2002) were affirmed, as were findings about fa'alavelave from the earlier study into parenting practices (McCallum et al, 2000). In this present study, it was found that enculturation (i.e changes in culture) over time, modified parenting practices and specifically that inter-generational perspectives about parenting practices were apparent. Evidence of conflicting approaches to values between generations was encountered and a range of rituals were adapted as a consequence of migration and time; discipline and fa'alavelave were prime examples of this. The relative paucity of a body of Pasifika literature and Pacific research by Pacific people, from which a theoretical foundation for a study of this kind could be developed, was seen to be problematic. It is concluded that enculturation following migration spawns a reconstruction of values and associated practices in parenting and that previously held core values concerning discipline, the church and the family become altered over time and generations. It is also suggested that future research should seek to corroborate the findings of this study by examining the parenting practices of the next generation.

Subjects/Keywords: Parent and child - New Zealand; Parenting - New Zealand; Children, Samoan - Care; Samoans - Social life and customs; Samoans - Religion; Social Science

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Cowley-Malcolm, E. T. (n.d.). Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting. (Thesis). AUT University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/25

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Cowley-Malcolm, Esther Tumama. “Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting.” Thesis, AUT University. Accessed March 07, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/25.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Cowley-Malcolm, Esther Tumama. “Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting.” Web. 07 Mar 2021.

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Vancouver:

Cowley-Malcolm ET. Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting. [Internet] [Thesis]. AUT University; [cited 2021 Mar 07]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/25.

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Council of Science Editors:

Cowley-Malcolm ET. Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting. [Thesis]. AUT University; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/25

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AUT University

2. Tunufa'i, Laumua Fata. The price of spiritual and social survival: investigating the reasons for the departure of young New Zealand-born Samoans from a South Auckland Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Church .

Degree: 2005, AUT University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/167

► This study seeks to determine the reasons for the departure of New Zealand-born Samoans from a South Auckland traditional Samoan Seventh-day Adventist church. The concept… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Samoans; Religion; Christianity and culture; Pacific Islanders; Cultural assimilation; Social Science

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Tunufa'i, L. F. (2005). The price of spiritual and social survival: investigating the reasons for the departure of young New Zealand-born Samoans from a South Auckland Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Church . (Thesis). AUT University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/167

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Tunufa'i, Laumua Fata. “The price of spiritual and social survival: investigating the reasons for the departure of young New Zealand-born Samoans from a South Auckland Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Church .” 2005. Thesis, AUT University. Accessed March 07, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/167.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Tunufa'i, Laumua Fata. “The price of spiritual and social survival: investigating the reasons for the departure of young New Zealand-born Samoans from a South Auckland Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Church .” 2005. Web. 07 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Tunufa'i LF. The price of spiritual and social survival: investigating the reasons for the departure of young New Zealand-born Samoans from a South Auckland Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Church . [Internet] [Thesis]. AUT University; 2005. [cited 2021 Mar 07]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/167.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Tunufa'i LF. The price of spiritual and social survival: investigating the reasons for the departure of young New Zealand-born Samoans from a South Auckland Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Church . [Thesis]. AUT University; 2005. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/167

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Massey University

3. Enari, Sotiaka. Motu ma le taula : taeao afua = Severed from the anchor : a new beginning : the growth of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, Wellington : a thesis submitted to Massey University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Adult Ed.) .

Degree: 2002, Massey University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10179/7779

► The utmost dread of a Samoan is realising the condition commonly expressed as 'motu ma le taula' (severed from the anchor), or 'motu mai fanua'… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Congregational Christian Church in Samoa; New Zealand; Samoans – Religion; Congregational churches – Wellington

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Enari, S. (2002). Motu ma le taula : taeao afua = Severed from the anchor : a new beginning : the growth of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, Wellington : a thesis submitted to Massey University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Adult Ed.) . (Thesis). Massey University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10179/7779

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Enari, Sotiaka. “Motu ma le taula : taeao afua = Severed from the anchor : a new beginning : the growth of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, Wellington : a thesis submitted to Massey University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Adult Ed.) .” 2002. Thesis, Massey University. Accessed March 07, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/7779.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Enari, Sotiaka. “Motu ma le taula : taeao afua = Severed from the anchor : a new beginning : the growth of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, Wellington : a thesis submitted to Massey University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Adult Ed.) .” 2002. Web. 07 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Enari S. Motu ma le taula : taeao afua = Severed from the anchor : a new beginning : the growth of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, Wellington : a thesis submitted to Massey University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Adult Ed.) . [Internet] [Thesis]. Massey University; 2002. [cited 2021 Mar 07]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10179/7779.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Enari S. Motu ma le taula : taeao afua = Severed from the anchor : a new beginning : the growth of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, Wellington : a thesis submitted to Massey University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Adult Ed.) . [Thesis]. Massey University; 2002. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10179/7779

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

AUT University

4. Cowley-Malcolm, Esther (Esther Tumama). Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting .

Degree: AUT University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/11445

► This qualitative study describes maternal and paternal experiences of thirty-five Samoans living in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. The study was conducted in order to establish,… (more)

▼ This qualitative study describes maternal and paternal experiences of thirty-five Samoans living in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. The study was conducted in order to establish, “What, if any changes to parenting practices have occurred since their family migrated into New Zealand?” Through interviews, respondents discussed their values, attitudes and beliefs and how they perceived that they were brought up by their own parents. They also described and discussed their own roles as parents and the roles of their children. They also discussed how the church influenced the ways in which their parents parented them and the way they themselves parent their children. Respondents were chosen via a snowball technique of referrals from four different church ministers. The four churches were selected on the recommendation of one Samoan Church Minister as being representative of the Samoan community. Four ministers were interviewed, along with four elders and five parents from each church. Seven other people from outside these churches, four not church attenders were also interviewed in order to be able to further explore the importance and effects of the churches. The theoretical approach engaged a combination of the principles of Grounded Theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) and the ‘Fa’afaletui,’ (Tamasese, 1997.) The latter is a Samoan framework which gives a multi-layered approach to data interpretation using a range of lenses and perspectives. In conducting this investigation, the combination of Western and Samoan frameworks was appropriate especially given the cultural sensitivities that were apparent around the topic matter and the ethnicity of the respondents and the researcher. Earlier findings, concerning discipline by (Fairbairn-Dunlop, 2002) were affirmed, as were findings about fa’alavelave from the earlier study into parenting practices (McCallum et al, 2000). In this present study, it was found that enculturation (i.e changes in culture) over time, modified parenting practices and specifically that inter-generational perspectives about parenting practices were apparent. Evidence of conflicting approaches to values between generations was encountered and a range of rituals were adapted as a consequence of migration and time; discipline and fa’alavelave were prime examples of this. The relative paucity of a body of Pasifika literature and Pacific research by Pacific people, from which a theoretical foundation for a study of this kind could be developed, was seen to be problematic. It is concluded that enculturation following migration spawns a reconstruction of values and associated practices in parenting and that previously held core values concerning discipline, the church and the family become altered over time and generations. It is also suggested that future research should seek to corroborate the findings of this study by examining the parenting practices of the next generation. Advisors/Committee Members: Crothers, Charles (advisor), Hassal, Ian (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Parent and child – New Zealand; Parenting – New Zealand; Children; Samoan – Care – New Zealand; Samoans – New Zealand – Social life and customs; Samoans – New Zealand – Religion

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APA (6^th Edition):

Cowley-Malcolm, E. (. T. (n.d.). Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting . (Thesis). AUT University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/11445

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
No year of publication.
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Cowley-Malcolm, Esther (Esther Tumama). “Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting .” Thesis, AUT University. Accessed March 07, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/11445.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
No year of publication.
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Cowley-Malcolm, Esther (Esther Tumama). “Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting .” Web. 07 Mar 2021.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
No year of publication.

Vancouver:

Cowley-Malcolm E(T. Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting . [Internet] [Thesis]. AUT University; [cited 2021 Mar 07]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/11445.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
No year of publication.

Council of Science Editors:

Cowley-Malcolm E(T. Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting . [Thesis]. AUT University; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/11445

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
No year of publication.

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