Parental Support of Adult Children and Middle-Aged Couples’ Marital Satisfaction

Polenick, Courtney A.; Birditt, Kira S.; Zarit, Steven H.

doi:10.1093/geront/gnx021

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“…A meta-analytical study by Dillon and Beechler also reflected that the number of children had a negative effect on marital satisfaction (29). Evidence showed that marital satisfaction in middle-aged couples who had high level of nontangible supports from adult children was high (30). Moreover, couples communication was found to affect their sexual satisfaction (31).…”

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Correlation of Women’s Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in Different Family Life Cycle Stages in Khorram Abad, Iran

Fallah¹,

Naz²,

Ozgoli³

et al. 2018

International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Scienc

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Introduction The family life cycle indicates the developmental processes of family members (1). Duvall classified family cycle into the following stages: beginning families (I), families who are first time childbearing (II), those who have preschool children (III), families with school children (IV), those with teenagers (V), families with their first child gone to last child's leaving home (VI), and families who have in the middle years (VII) (2). Meanwhile, Rollins and Feldman also believed that the couples' relationships were influenced by different stages of the family life cycle (3). Marital satisfaction was defined as the happiness on different aspects of marital relationship (4,5). Lawrance and Byers defined sexual satisfaction as "an effective response arising from one's subjective evaluation of the positive and negative dimensions associated with one's sexual relationship" (4). Researches showed different patterns for marital satisfaction of the couples in the stages of family life cycle. For example, Lupri and Frideres obtained a U-shaped pattern which meant a decrease in marital satisfaction in the middle stages of life (5); however, Spanier et al reported curvilinear as well as negative linear trends; no relationship was found at all in three different samples between marital satisfaction and the stages of family life cycle (6). According to some studies, sexual relationship is an important factor in marital satisfaction of the couples (7, 8). People usually judge about sexual satisfaction based on their marital satisfaction (9). Besides, it is believed that the concept of sexual satisfaction is intricately intertwined with marital satisfaction (10). Despite the existence of different patterns between marital satisfaction and stages of family life cycle, there already exist a correlation between sexual and marital satisfaction regardless of the stages of family life cycle (7,8,10-15).In addition, sexual

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Correlation of Women’s Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in Different Family Life Cycle Stages in Khorram Abad, Iran

Fallah¹,

Naz²,

Ozgoli³

et al. 2018

International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Scienc

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“…Parental support has been associated with a wide range of indicators of positive adjustment throughout development, including the college years (Duineveld, Parker, Ryan, Ciarrochi, & Salmela-Aro, 2017; Hall et al, 2017). Importantly, parental support during the college years can have lifelong implications (Desjardins & Leadbeater, 2017; Polenick, Birditt, & Zarit, 2018; Schulenberg, Sameroff, & Cicchetti, 2004). For that reason, it is important to understand the role of parental support as young adults navigate the world of higher education.…”

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“If I Hadn’t Had that Support System, I Think I Would Have Dropped Out by Now”: Parental Support in College and its Implications for Student Adjustment

Benito‐Gomez

Lee

McCurdy

et al. 2021

Journal of Family Issues

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Understanding college students’ perceptions of parental support and its impact on student adjustment have important implications for maximizing retention rates within higher education institutions. College students ( N = 53) participated in qualitative interviews focused on students’ perceptions of mothers’ and fathers’ support during college and its impact on college adjustment. Holistic coding interviews indicated three different classifications of parents based on levels of support: supportive, ambivalent, and unsupportive. Students indicated that their parents continued to be the main source of support and a key factor that supports their adjustment during the college years. In contrast, students who did not receive such support expressed having difficulties continuing working toward their degree. Students’ narratives also indicated that mothers and fathers provided support in different ways. These findings have important implications for practice, and in particular how high education institutions can promote adjustment and retention rates by encouraging parental engagement.

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“…Second, we were not able to incorporate some important covariates in our analysis. For instance, support (particularly financial support) parents provide to their adult children may be associated with both parental worry and well-being (Polenick et al, 2018). While our focus was on parental worry, factors such as parents' perceptions or milestones on the success of children (K. Fingerman et al, 2009) may also represent important dimensions that warrant further consideration in future research.…”

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Worrying about our children: Parental worry and psychological well-being among Korean middle-aged couples.

Hong,

Kim,

Chung

et al. 2024

Journal of Family Psychology

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When children reach a certain age of maturity, middle-aged parents often reflect on their parenting, harboring continuous worries about their adult children. These parenting experiences are also shared within couples and continue to impact parents' well-being. Utilizing couple data from the 2010 Korean Baby Boomer Panel Study, we examined the dyadic associations of worry about child issues and psychological well-being among middle-aged couples (N = 1,091; aged 47-55) who have at least one adult child (M age = 23.13 years). Results from the actor-partner interdependence model showed that one's own parental worry was significantly associated with psychological well-being for both husbands and wives (i.e., actor effects). Further, wives' worry about children was significantly associated with husbands' psychological well-being (i.e., partner effects)-but not vice versa. These findings highlight that aspects of parenting not only impact children but also extend to the linked lives of midlife parents themselves. Research on parental experiences at the couple level may inform interventions to enhance middle-aged parents' well-being.

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Parental Support of Adult Children and Middle-Aged Couples’ Marital Satisfaction

Cited by 4 publications

References 39 publications

Correlation of Women’s Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in Different Family Life Cycle Stages in Khorram Abad, Iran

Correlation of Women’s Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in Different Family Life Cycle Stages in Khorram Abad, Iran

“If I Hadn’t Had that Support System, I Think I Would Have Dropped Out by Now”: Parental Support in College and its Implications for Student Adjustment

Worrying about our children: Parental worry and psychological well-being among Korean middle-aged couples.

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