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Wellbeing of adult children and ageing parents
— associations with intergenerational support and relationship quality | | Author(s) | Eva-Maria Merz, Nathan S Consedine, Hans-Joachim Schulze |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 29, part 5, July 2009 |
| Pages | pp 783-602 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Children [offspring] ; Parents ; Family relationships ; Well being ; Family care ; Personal relationships ; Theory ; Social surveys ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Using an attachment theoretical viewpoint, this study describes how intergenerational support in adult child-parent relationship is associated with well-being in both generations. The attachment perspective and its focus on affective relationship characteristics is considered as an important theoretical framework for the investigation of special relationships across the life span. Data for 1456 dyads from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study were analysed to investigate if relationship quality moderated the association between providing intergenerational support in parents and well-being in adult children, on the one hand, and receiving intergenerational support from children and well-being of older parents on the other. The perspectives of both relationship partners were taken into account to allow for dependence within dyads. Intergenerational support, in terms of instrumental help provision, was negatively associated with the child's and parent's well-being. Being the stronger and wiser partner in adult-child parent relationships, as reflected by giving advice and being the initiator within the relationship, was beneficial for the well-being of both generations. Additionally, relationship quality was the strongest predictor of well-being in both generations. Parental well-being was benefited by filial support in high quality relationships. If an intergenerational relationship was of high quality, the challenges of intergenerational support provision and receipt were easier to deal with for both generations, parents and children. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090611007 A |
| Classmark | SS: SR: DS:SJ: D:F:5HH: P6:SJ: DS: 4D: 3F: 76H |
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