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| Sources of tension in the aging mother and adult daughter relationship | | Author(s) | Karen L Fingerman |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 11, no 4, December 1996 |
| Pages | pp 591-606 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Mother ; Personal relationships ; Daughters ; Middle aged ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In this study, 48 pairings of healthy mothers aged over 70 (mean age, 76 years) and their adult daughters (mean age, 44 years) were interviewed individually and together about their relationship. Attributes mentioned in responses - intrusiveness, exclusion, inappropriate care of self or other, and references to general habits or traits - were noted. The term 'developmental schism' is introduced to explain possible sources of tension in relationships. Ageing mothers and middle-age daughters are at different points in their adult development, and developmental discrepancies may foster interpersonal tension in their relationship. Mothers and daughters who described sources of difficulty that were not related to developmental differences had more positive regard for the relationship. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971120223 A |
| Classmark | BD: SRM: DS: SSH: SE: 7T |
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