2001
DOI: 10.1002/crq.3890190104
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Resolving middle‐age sibling conflict regarding parent care

Abstract: Mia%-age children are and will continue to be confionted with parent care decisions. It is inevitable that siblings Pxperience varying depees of conflict when making these decisions, as exemplijed in the four case studies outlined in this article. The potential ben4ts and limitations offami4 mediation as a means of resolving such conflicts are discussed.n their book Domestic Revolutions: A Social History ofAmerican Farnib I L+, Mintz and Kellogg (1988) suggest the structure and functions of the American family… Show more

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“…The process of providing care for an aging parent is fraught with the potential for both life‐affirming rewards and draining tension. Past research has highlighted both the value of collaborating in the provision of care (Ingersoll‐Dayton et al, ) and the possible problems that might arise when there is conflict between siblings about the way care is apportioned and provided (Gentry, ; Lashewicz & Keating, ; Smith, Smith, & Toseland, ). In this study, we extended the understandings of sibling relationships and parental caregiving by considering the role of experienced and expressed gratitude for primary caregivers with one or more siblings.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The process of providing care for an aging parent is fraught with the potential for both life‐affirming rewards and draining tension. Past research has highlighted both the value of collaborating in the provision of care (Ingersoll‐Dayton et al, ) and the possible problems that might arise when there is conflict between siblings about the way care is apportioned and provided (Gentry, ; Lashewicz & Keating, ; Smith, Smith, & Toseland, ). In this study, we extended the understandings of sibling relationships and parental caregiving by considering the role of experienced and expressed gratitude for primary caregivers with one or more siblings.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mediation has also been implemented to manage conflicts between practically all family member dyads with the exception of siblings (Emery, Sbarra, & Grover, 2005;Kressel, 2000). Although scholars have suggested the use of mediation in sibling disputes both in childhood and between adult siblings (Deutsch & Brickman, 1994;Gentry, 2001;Sheppard, Blemenfeld-Jones, & Roth, 1989), Siddiqui and Ross (2004) were the first to test its use in empirical research. In this research mothers were trained in mediation techniques and asked to mediate their children's disputes at home and in negotiations observed in a laboratory setting.…”
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“…Providing optimal care to parents often necessitates that siblings increase their contact with one another, especially to negotiate their responsibilities and coordinate care (Connidis & Kemp, 2008; Finch & Mason, 1993). However, sibling conflict often arises during these negotiations (Connidis, 2007; Ingersoll-Dayton, Neal, Ha, & Hammer, 2003; Lashewicz & Keating, 2009; Ngangana, Davis, Burns, McGee, & Montgomery, 2016; Tolkacheva et al, 2010), especially when siblings do not share caregiving responsibilities equally (Gentry, 2001; Khodyakov & Carr, 2009). Because such conflict may affect the quality of care older parents receive and the stress adult child caregivers experience, exploring cross-cultural variations in processes through which perceptions of PDT influence sibling conflict has important implications for both academics and professionals working on family caregiving.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%