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| The effect of parent-child geographic proximity on widowed parents' psychological adjustment and social integration | | Author(s) | Jung-Hwa Ha, Deborah Carr |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 27, no 5, September 2005 |
| Pages | pp 578-610 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Parents ; Widows ; Widowers ; Children [offspring] ; Geographical distance ; Living patterns ; Adjustment ; Integration ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors examine the ways that parent-child geographical proximity affects widowed older parents' psychological well-being and social integration. Analyses are based on the US Changing Lives of Older Couples (CLOC) study, a prospective study of 1,532 married individuals aged 65+. Compared with those who live more than one hour away from a child, widowed older people who live with or live within an hour's drive of their children report significantly lower levels of psychological distress, after controlling for parent-child relationship quality. However, parents who live with their children are less likely to be integrated into informal networks of friends, neighbours and relatives. The findings reveal the complex ways that living arrangements and geographical proximity between generations affect bereaved parents' psychological adjustment. This study also suggests ways that bereaved older people may optimise their support networks during an era marked by high levels of geographical mobility and low fertility. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050926217 A |
| Classmark | SR: SP: SPA: SS: RJ: K7: DR: TO: 7T |
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