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Regional differences in mother-adult-child relations
— a brief report | | Author(s) | Jori Sechrist, J Jill Suitor, Angela C Henderson |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 6, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp S388-S391 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Mother ; Children [offspring] ; Attitude ; Social contacts ; Family relationships ; Regional ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In the past decade, there has been increasing interest in regional differences in attitudes and behaviour. However, little has focused on families, particularly in later life. This article aims to answer two specific questions. First, does adult children's closeness and contact with mothers vary by region? Second, can traditionalism explain patterns of regionality? The authors used a sub-sample of adult children aged 25-74 from the US National Survey of Families and Households (Wave II, 1992-1994) who were asked about contact and closeness with their mothers (aged 65+). Adult children living in the South of the US reported greater contact and closeness with mothers than those residing in other parts of the country. Traditionalism regarding gender ideology and religious involvement could not account for the greater contact and closeness observed in Southern respondents. Recent literature has demonstrated the persistence of a distinctive Southern culture. The present study contributes to this body of work by showing that intergenerational cohesion is also greater in the South than in other regions of the US. Greater attention to regionality is called for in future studies of intergenerational relations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080307221 A |
| Classmark | SRM: SS: DP: TOA: DS:SJ: 5CP: 3F: 7T |
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