Changing Views on Intergenerational Ties

Fingerman, Karen L.; Sechrist, Jori; Birditt, Kira S.

doi:10.1159/000342211

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“…The multidimensional intergenerational support model (Birditt & Fingerman, 2012; Fingerman, Sechrist, & Birditt, 2012) provides a framework within which to examine reasons underlying SES disparities in parental support. This model addresses three interrelated factors: (a) providers’ resources, (b) recipient’s needs, and (c) family context.…”

Section: Socioeconomic Differences In Intergenerational Supportmentioning

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“I'll Give You the World”: Socioeconomic Differences in Parental Support of Adult Children

Fingerman

Kim

Davis

et al. 2015

J of Marriage and Family

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Research has shown that parents with higher socioeconomic status provide more resources to their children during childhood and adolescence. The authors asked whether similar effects associated with parental socioeconomic position are extended to adult children. Middle-aged parents (N = 633) from the Family Exchanges Study reported support they provided to their grown children and coresidence with grown children (N = 1,384). Parents with higher income provided more emotional and material support to the average children. Grown children of parents with less education were more likely to coreside with them. Parental resources (e.g., being married) and demands (e.g., family size) explained these patterns. Of interest is that lower income parents provided more total support to all children (except total financial support). Lower income families may experience a double jeopardy; each grown child receives less support on average, but parents exert greater efforts providing more total support to all their children.

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Section: Socioeconomic Differences In Intergenerational Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“I'll Give You the World”: Socioeconomic Differences in Parental Support of Adult Children

Fingerman

Kim

Davis

et al. 2015

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Furthermore, other relationships beyond one's romantic partnership may also end up shaping health outcomes. For example, intergenerational relationships as well as friendship ties may provide complementary but different opportunities, as well as their own specific restrictions [35,36]. …”

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Biobehavioral Pathways Underlying Spousal Health Dynamics: Its Nature, Correlates, and Consequences

Hoppmann

Gerstorf

2014

Gerontology

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Marriage is a very special relationship that has a high potential to influence physical and mental health throughout the adult lifespan and into old age. In this viewpoint, we propose a model that outlines plausible biobehavioral pathways that may underlie previously established spousal interrelations in long-term health trajectories and discuss specific resources that may facilitate favorable outcomes for everyone involved. Specifically, we focus on spousal associations in physical activity as an important health behavior and in stress-related processes as a key daily-life mechanism, which both reveal effects that may accumulate over time to impact longer-term health outcomes. We also consider spousal resources such as collaborative problem solving and joint goals as psychological variables that characterize the dynamics within a given marriage. We conclude by discussing areas in theory and research that are ripe for further consideration and lay out target questions for future inquiry.

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“…One question that has been raised regarding the association between intergenerational ambivalence and psychological well‐being is whether this finding is actually due to the presence of contradictory feelings (Fingerman et al, ; Fingerman, Sechrist, & Birditt, ; Suitor, Gilligan, & Pillemer, ). In this article, we explore whether, alternatively, the association might be explained primarily by the negative dimension of ambivalence, rather than the combination of negative and positive dimensions.…”

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“…Thus, we were able to disaggregate components common to all three studies of intergenerational ambivalence and psychological well‐being (Fingerman et al, , ; Suitor, Gilligan, & Pillemer, ) to test alternative explanations for the association between these constructs.…”

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Do Positive Feelings Hurt? Disaggregating Positive and Negative Components of Intergenerational Ambivalence

Gilligan

Suitor

Feld

et al. 2015

J of Marriage and Family

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Ambivalence has become an important conceptual development in the study of parent–adult child relations, with evidence highlighting that intergenerational relationships are characterized by a mix of positive and negative components. Recent studies have shown that ambivalence has detrimental consequences for both parents' and adult children's psychological well-being. The underlying assumption of this line of research is that psychological distress results from holding simultaneous positive and negative feelings toward a parent or child. The authors question this assumption and explore alternative interpretations by disaggregating the positive and negative dimensions commonly used to create indirect measures of intergenerational ambivalence. Data for the analyses were collected from 254 older mothers and a randomly selected adult child from each of the families. The findings suggest that the negative component is primarily responsible for the association between indirect measures of ambivalence and psychological well-being. Implications of these findings for the study of intergenerational ambivalence are discussed.

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Changing Views on Intergenerational Ties

Cited by 87 publications

References 60 publications

“I'll Give You the World”: Socioeconomic Differences in Parental Support of Adult Children

“I'll Give You the World”: Socioeconomic Differences in Parental Support of Adult Children

Biobehavioral Pathways Underlying Spousal Health Dynamics: Its Nature, Correlates, and Consequences

Do Positive Feelings Hurt? Disaggregating Positive and Negative Components of Intergenerational Ambivalence

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