Parent and Child in Later Life: Rethinking the Relationship

Hess, Beth B.; Waring, Joan M.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-444450-8.50015-8

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“…Theories of developmental aging (Bengtson and Kuypers, 1971;Hess and Waring, 1978;Moss and Abramowitz, 1982;Baltes, 1979;Rossi, 1980) suggest that parents and children have different investments in family relationships and different sources of power in family interaction as they move through the life course. For example, children in late adolescence may share few of the adult statuses that their parents hold and may be facing the developmental tasks of independence and differentiation from parents2 (Erickson, 1950).…”

Section: Socialization Theory and Developmental Agingmentioning

confidence: 97%

Attitude Similarity in Three-Generation Families: Socialization, Status Inheritance, or Reciprocal Influence?

Glass¹,

Bengtson²,

Dunham³

1986

American Sociological Review

458

284

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Section: Socialization Theory and Developmental Agingmentioning

confidence: 97%

Attitude Similarity in Three-Generation Families: Socialization, Status Inheritance, or Reciprocal Influence?

Glass¹,

Bengtson²,

Dunham³

1986

American Sociological Review

458

284

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“…Research has consistently shown that parent-child conflict affects a child's or adolescent's development (Canary et al, 1995;Dunn & Slomkowski, 1992;Minuchin, 1992;Paikoff & Brooks-Gunn, 1991;Shantz & Hartup, 1992), but rarely has this research examined the consequences of adult parent-child conflict (Canary et al, 1995). Within parent-child relationships, the mother-daughter relationship has received the most attention because the primary responsibility for maintaining kin relationships and informal caregiving has historically fallen on women (Baruch & Barnett, 1983;Fischer, 1981;Hess & Waring, 1978). This study extends the conflict literature by examining episodes of discussion between mothers and their adult daughters prior to the mothers' dependency on their daughters for care.…”

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Mother-Adult Daughter Discussions of Caregiving Prior to Dependency: Exploring Conflicts Among European-American Women

Pecchioni¹,

Nussbaum²

2001

Journal of Family Communication

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Thirty-six mother-adult daughter dyads discussed potential caregiving decisions prior to the mother's dependency. Their interactions were coded for exhibited conflict, use of control strategies, level of involvement in the discussion, and regard for each other. In addition, they reported their use of conflict strategies when having a disagreement with each other. Less than 40% of these dyads exhibited a disagreement. Mothers with high nonconfrontation scores were less involved in these discussions, suggesting that they may be less involved in order to avoid disagreements. Daughters' involvement was associated with the interaction between their mothers' control scores and their own solution-orientation scores. Daughters whose mothers used fewer control strategies were more involved, suggesting that less controlling mothers may be giving tacit approval for their daughters' involvement in seeking mutually acceptable solutions. Mothers' and daughters' level of positive regard and the conflict styles exhibited during these discussions were not associated with their reported use of conflict strategies with each other.Conflict is a natural and inevitable part of life, helping to not only define how people are supposed to act toward one another but relationships themselves (Lulofs & Cahn, 2000). Close, personal relationships, such as those in the fam-

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“…In that sense, the data can be interpreted as consistent with ,actual stereotypes. However, it seems to correspond more closely with the notion of voluntariness as a new element in the formation of kinship relations (Finch, 1989;Hess & Waring, 1978). Nowadays, kinship relationships are much less governed by strict obligations; they are subject to negotiations and exercise of choice.…”

Section: Family Lifementioning

confidence: 99%