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| Personality, relationship closeness, and loneliness of oldest old adults and their children | | Author(s) | M Valora Long, Peter Martin |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 55B, no 5, September 2000 |
| Pages | pp P311-P319 |
| Keywords | Personality ; Family relationships ; Bereavement ; Octogenarians ; Children [offspring] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Based on research findings that the oldest old have a higher stake in their children than children have in their parents, the authors proposed that attachment and solidarity would be perceived as higher by the oldest old participants than by their children. It was also hypothesised that because the oldest old are more likely to be widowed and living alone, parents would perceive loneliness as higher than their children. Data comprised over 85s from Iowa's Areas Agencies on Aging and their adult children. Results from path analysis indicated that loneliness of the oldest old was reduced by affection both for and from their children. Although an anxious personality decreased affection, perceptions of attachment to children increased feelings of affection. In addition, parents and children who had anxious personalities were more likely to be lonely, whereas loneliness was decreased for those with an extroverted personality. Children's loneliness was also decreased by association with their parents and by the quality of their friendships. Perceptions of childhood attachment to parents increased current affection and association with and fulfilment of parents' expectations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001123210 A |
| Classmark | DK: DS:SJ: DW: BBM: SS: 7T |
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