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| Older Korean immigrants and grand-generativity | | Author(s) | Kyung Ja Mukoyama, Masami Takahashi |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 7, no 2, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 115-130 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Immigrants ; Korea ; Family relationships ; Family care ; Grandparents ; Social structure ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study examined the relationship between the three key elements of grand-generativity and several socio-cultural factors. Grand-generativity is a reworking of middle adulthood generativity under new conditions in old age and its primary concerns are reciprocity of caring, grandparenthood and legacy through personal example. The expression of grand-generativity may be affected by the experience of immigration which presents the older adult with the dual challenge of acculturation and environmental disruption. 69 Korean immigrant participants were recruited from three ethnically diverse government subsidized senior housing apartments in Chicago. The sample consisted of three cohort groups: 22 young-old (mean age 71.5); 35 old-old (mean age 79.8); and 12 oldest-old (mean age 88). The overall results revealed that the expression of grand-generativity was significantly associated with the level of acculturation, household occupation and especially family relationship. These findings and their implications are discussed in the context of Confucianism, a dominant ideology in Korea with its teaching of filial piety. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070814213 A |
| Classmark | TJ: 7DK: DS:SJ: P6:SJ: SW: TM: 3F: 7T |
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