1. Introduction: Ambivalence in Parent-Child Relations in Later Life

Pillemer, Karl; Lüscher, Kurt

doi:10.1016/s1530-3535(03)04001-9

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“…The increase in life expectancies has greatly lengthened the shared lifetimes of generations. Many adult children have increased their chance to interact with their parents until well into the adult children's middle age (Bengston, 2001;Pillemer and Lüscher, 2004). This has created the opportunity for older parents and their adult children to know more about each other and negotiate their relationships with one another.…”

Section: Demographic Change: a Worldwide Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…and attitudes or the discrepancies between children's actual behaviour and parental expectations are more evident in this century (Lau and Kwok, 1997;Lee, 2004;Pillemer and Lüscher, 2004). This intergenerational gap is the result of the rapid change of a society which makes it not feasible to meet the expectations of older mothers to be taken care by their children in later life (Lau and Kwok, 1997).…”

Section: Many Researchers Have Found That Intergenerational Differencmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some postmodern theorists argue that contemporary society has undergone rapid social development. This makes contemporary family relationships become more diverse, fluid and unresolved (Lüscher and Pillemer, 2004). Evidence can be found in the various forms of intimate relations: remarriage, same-sex partnerships, and single-parent family.…”

Section: Social Change and Intergenerational Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Evidence can be found in the various forms of intimate relations: remarriage, same-sex partnerships, and single-parent family. People often have the sense of fragmentation, discontinuity, of confusion and uncertainty on how to conduct themselves in social relations (Lüscher and Pillemer, 2004).…”

Section: Social Change and Intergenerational Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ambivalence occurs when adult children and parents have the desires for help, support and nurturance and the contrasting desire for freedom from control in the parent-child relationships (Lüscher and Pillemer, 2004). …”

Section: Dependence Versus Autonomymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: Demographic Change: a Worldwide Phenomenonmentioning

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Section: Many Researchers Have Found That Intergenerational Differencmentioning

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Caring for a child with an eating disorder: Understanding differences among mothers and fathers of adolescent and adult children

Stillar

Merali

Gusella

et al. 2022

Euro Eating Disorders Rev

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Objective This study investigated treatment‐engagement fears, self‐efficacy, and accommodating and enabling in mothers and fathers of adolescent and adult children with eating disorders. Methods This study involved a secondary analysis of pre‐treatment data from a subsample of 143 parents (95 mothers; 48 fathers) from a Canada‐wide multi‐site study. Parents completed the Caregiver Traps Scale, Parents Versus Anorexia Scale, and the Accommodation and Enabling Scale for Eating Disorders. Data were analysed using factorial Multivariate Analysis of Variance and mediation via multiple regression. Results Mothers reported higher levels of treatment‐engagement fears than fathers. Among mothers, higher fear predicted lower self‐efficacy and more accommodating and enabling behaviours. Among fathers, neither fear nor self‐efficacy predicted accommodating and enabling. No differences in treatment‐engagement fear or self‐efficacy between parents of adolescent child and adult children were found at pre‐treatment. Conclusions Mothers' and fathers' experience different levels of fear related to their involvement in their ill‐child's treatment at pre‐treatment, and that fear is uniquely related to variables that impact treatment outcomes. There is a need to support parents even when their child is an adult. This study can inform family‐based treatments vis‐a‐vis tailoring interventions for mothers and fathers and providing support to parents of children with eating disorders across the lifespan.

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1. Introduction: Ambivalence in Parent-Child Relations in Later Life

Cited by 24 publications

References 28 publications

Older mothers' expectations of intergenerational relationships : the intergenerational ambivalence perspective

Older mothers' expectations of intergenerational relationships : the intergenerational ambivalence perspective

Caring for a child with an eating disorder: Understanding differences among mothers and fathers of adolescent and adult children

“Homo ambivalens”

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