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Negotiating care
— ties between aging mothers and their caregiving daughters | | Author(s) | Lori A McGraw, Alexis J Walker |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 59B, no 6, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp S324-S332 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Daughters as carers ; Mother ; Daughters ; Family relationships ; Social interaction ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using a feminist social constructionist perspective, the authors illuminate how ageing mothers and their caregiving daughters negotiate issues of connection, autonomy and conflict. Their study is based on qualitative analysis of videotaped interactions between 31 white mother-daughter dyads. They found that mothers and daughters mostly were attentive and responsive; preserved mothers' autonomy; and minimised open conflict and tension. Subtle behaviour cues visible on the videotapes also exposed underlying emotional tension in these relationships. These cues alerted the authors to important variation in relationship quality between the pairs. The study highlights that the balance between autonomy and behaviour is fundamental to the success of these mother-daughter caregiving relationships. Not only is it important for frail mothers to be responsive to their caregiving daughters' needs, but also it is important for daughters to support the autonomy and independence of their mothers. The study also highlights the importance of attentiveness in these relationships. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050217225 A |
| Classmark | P6:SSH: SRM: SSH: DS:SJ: TMA: 3DP: 7T |
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