Relationship Quality Between Older Fathers and Middle-Aged Children: Associations With Both Parties’ Subjective Well-Being

Polenick, Courtney A.; DePasquale, Nicole; Eggebeen, David J.; Zarit, Steven H.; Fingerman, Karen L.

doi:10.1093/geronb/gbw094

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“…Estimates for negative qualities were .57 and .61 for wives and husbands, respectively. Some of the coefficients appear low; but 2‐item scales often have lower reliability (Eisinga et al., ) and the estimates in this study are similar to those reported in other research using these relationship quality scales (Fingerman et al., ; Polenick, DePasquale, et al., ). Negative qualities were negatively correlated with positive qualities for wives ( r = −.23, p = .01) and husbands ( r = −.25, p = .004).…”

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“…R elationships with one's parents are linked to well-being across the life course (Birditt, Miller, Fingerman, & Lefkowitz, 2009;Fingerman, Pitzer, Lefkowitz, Birditt, & Mroczek, 2008;Polenick, DePasquale, Eggebeen, Zarit, & Fingerman, 2016;Umberson, 1992). Parent-child relationships are among the most long-standing and emotionally intense social ties and often involve complex positive and negative feelings (Fingerman, 2001).…”

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Relationship Quality with Parents: Implications for Own and Partner Well‐Being in Middle‐Aged Couples

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Relationships with parents have significant implications for well-being throughout the lifespan. At midlife, these ties are situated within both developmental and family contexts that often involve the adult offspring's spouse. Yet, it is not known how ties with aging parents are related to psychological well-being within middle-aged couples. This study examined how middle-aged wives' and husbands' views of the current quality of relationships with their own parents (positive and negative) are linked to their own and their partner's psychological well-being. Using a sample of 132 middle-aged couples from Wave 1 of the Family Exchanges Study, we estimated actor-partner interdependence models to evaluate these dyadic associations while controlling for each spouse's marital satisfaction. Both actor and partner effects were observed. With respect to actor effects, wives who reported more negative relationship quality with their own parents had elevated depressive symptoms and lower life satisfaction. Husbands who reported more negative relationship quality with their own parents had lower life satisfaction. In terms of partner effects, husbands had lower depressive symptoms and greater life satisfaction when wives reported more positive relationship quality with their own parents. Finally, the link between wives' positive ties with parents and husbands' lower depressive symptoms was intensified when husbands had less positive relationships with their own parents. Findings suggest that relationship quality with wives' aging parents has implications for both spouses' well-being and may serve as a critical social resource for husbands.

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“…24 The present findings showed that older adults who resided with their adult children did indeed report a more extensive exchange of support with adult children. This might derive from the poor quality of family relationships within the household, and the consequent negative impact on the wellbeing of older adults and their children, 26 despite the fact that coresidence arrangements in Japan are based on a culturallyderived norm of respect and care for aging parents. who lived with only a spouse or lived alone) reported very little exchange of support with adult children.…”

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Japanese older adults’ loneliness, family relationships and mortality: Does one's living arrangement make a difference?

Takagi

Saito

2019

Geriatrics Gerontology Int

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Aim: This study examines how the association between older adults' family relationships and all-cause mortality differs among different household contexts: living alone, living with only a spouse and living with adult children.Methods: We carried out a discrete-time event history analysis on all-cause mortality with measures of family relationships for each group of older adults. The study analyzed personwave data from the Nihon University Japanese Longitudinal Study of Aging, including 11 225 longitudinal episodes between consecutive waves and 555 deaths reported in total.Results: The family relationship measures were significantly associated with mortality only for older adults who resided with children. While providing support to children was negatively related to mortality, receiving support from children was positively associated with mortality. Feelings of loneliness were associated with higher mortality for older adults in intergenerational coresidence arrangements, but not for those in other living arrangements. Conclusion:The extent of support exchange between older adults and adult children tends to be associated with older adults' mortality only within the household context where parents and children live together. In other types of living arrangements (i.e. living alone and living with only a spouse), the association between family relationship measures and mortality is limited. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2020; 20: 156-160.

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“…Research over the last several decades, however, has shown that parents and adult children maintain enduring ties across the life course, regardless of whether adult children marry ). Further, a growing body of research has demonstrated that relationships between parents and children have implications for the well-being of both generations in adulthood (Gilligan et al 2015;Polenick et al 2016;Suitor et al 2015b;Umberson 1992). In midlife, individuals often indicate that their relationship with their mother is very central in their lives, but they often rank this relationship below their relationships with their spouse and own children in terms of importance (Antonucci et al 2004).…”

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Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife

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Scholarship has highlighted the importance of kin relations for well-being in adulthood. Much focus has been on relationships between spouses and between parents and children. However, limited research has explored the role of adult sibling relationships in well-being, and no studies have made direct comparisons among the effects of tension with these multiple family members. Using data collected from 495 adult children nested within 254 families, we examined the differential impact of tension with mothers, siblings, and spouses on depressive symptoms in midlife. Separate multi-level regression analyses showed that tension with spouses, mothers, and siblings each predicted depressive symptoms. Combined analyses revealed that greater tension with spouses was associated with higher depressive symptoms, but tension with mothers and siblings was not. However, Wald tests comparing the strength of these associations between tension and depressive symptoms indicated that these associations did not significantly vary across family members. Interactions with gender indicated that tension with mothers was more strongly associated with higher depressive symptoms for women than men. These findings highlight the importance of the quality of relationships with family members on individuals' psychological well-being, and call for researchers to consider multiple ties and gender when examining family relationships and well-being.

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Relationship Quality Between Older Fathers and Middle-Aged Children: Associations With Both Parties’ Subjective Well-Being

Abstract: Findings suggest that father-child relationship quality has significant implications for the well-being of both aging fathers and middle-aged daughters or sons.

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Relationship Quality with Parents: Implications for Own and Partner Well‐Being in Middle‐Aged Couples

Relationship Quality with Parents: Implications for Own and Partner Well‐Being in Middle‐Aged Couples

Japanese older adults’ loneliness, family relationships and mortality: Does one's living arrangement make a difference?

Family Networks and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife

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