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Continuities and discontinuities in intergenerational relationships over time
Author(s)	Vern L Bengtson
Journal title	IN: Adulthood and aging: research on continuities and discontinuities; edited by Vern L Bengtson, 1996
Publisher	Springer Publishing Company, New York, 1996
Pages	pp 271-303 (Chapter 12)
Keywords	Age groups [elderly] ; Young people ; Multi generation families ; Family relationships ; Life span ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The University of Southern California (USC) Longitudinal Study of Generations has more than twenty years of data from some 2000 individuals representing three, four and now five-generation families. The author has been examining issues concerning continuities and contrasts across generations, including: changes over time in family relationships, and whether these are attributable to ageing or broad sociohistorical trends; the effects of family members' personal attributes such as values, socio-political attitudes, marital happiness, health and well-being; and the connection between intergenerational solidarity and family members' well-being, and whether this changes from adolescence through middle adulthood and later life. Many questions remain for future investigation, and reflect the value of long-term longitudinal data.
Accession Number	CPA-971204001 A
Classmark	BB: SB: SJC: DS:SJ: BG6: 3J: 7T *
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