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"We had a nice little chat" — age and generational differences in mothers' and daughters' descriptions of enjoyable visits
Author(s)	Karen L Fingerman
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 55B, no 2, March 2000
Pages	pp P95-P106
Keywords	Mother ; Daughters ; Visiting ; Family relationships ; United States of America.
Annotation	Mother-daughter relationships are generally characterised by frequent contact and high levels of regard, but little is known about what makes contact enjoyable. 48 pairs of older mothers (mean age 76) and their middle-aged daughters (mean age 46) and 44 pairs of middle-aged mothers (mean age 47) and their young adult daughters (mean age 21) described recent enjoyable visits. Younger mothers and daughters emphasised the daughters' entry into adulthood and the strength of their ties as agreeable, whereas older mothers and daughters focused on the large kin network. Some older mothers and daughters also made negative comments, suggesting greater individuation and less idealisation of the relationship. Mothers in both groups appeared more invested in the relationships than were their daughters. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000825513 A
Classmark	SRM: SSH: NP: DS:SJ: 7T
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