Reziprozität von Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen in Mehrgenerationennetzwerken

Alt, Christian

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“…Among the women, n = 133 rated the exchange as reciprocated, n = 31 had the feeling that their parents gave more than they themselves, and n = 17 felt that they gave more than their parents. The strong preference for the balanced category corresponds to the findings of other studies (Alt, 1994;Kulis, 1992;Schulz, 1996) and indicates that reciprocity is an altogether strong norm even in family relationships. Although the women were asked to judge only the current reci-procity, it remains an open question whether they also took former help into account.…”

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Adult Daughters’ Family Structure and the Association Between Reciprocity and Relationship Quality

Schwarz

2006

Journal of Family Issues

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The study explores whether family structure is a moderator of the associations between help exchange, reciprocity of this exchange, and the quality of the mother and adult daughter relationship. A total of 183 daughters (mean age = 42.13; SD = 4.91) are either in first marriage (n = 87), living with a new partner after divorce (n = 77), or unmarried or divorced in a single-parent household (n = 99). The analyses are based on the daughters' self-reports. Results show that intimacy in a relationship is more strongly associated with help exchange for daughters in first marriage than for both groups of divorced daughters. Among daughters who perceive that they give more help than they receive, only the single daughters report more conflict. Findings point to a higher importance of balance in support for single daughters.

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“…German studies have confirmed that the majority of adult children, middle-aged parents, and elderly grandparents experienced a balance of give and take with respect to instrumental help as well as communication. However, among the parental generation, a substantial number reported that they provided more help than they received (Alt, 1994;Schulz, 1996).…”

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Adult Daughters’ Family Structure and the Association Between Reciprocity and Relationship Quality

Schwarz

2006

Journal of Family Issues

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“…Systems of indirect reciprocity also generate credit-worthiness for their members (Ekeh 1974) by offering resources of network partners without advance concessions, but with the obligation of repayment when network partners need help. Relationships between family members and kin are characterized by indirect reciprocity (Nye 1979;Alt 1994;Mahrbach 1994) as they build long-term networks that enable interpersonal exchange. As a result, family members and kin are among the most important sources of supportive resources (see, for example, Diewald 1991;Petermann 2002;Wellman and Wortley 1990;Schulz 1996;Quarantelli 1960).…”

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Social capital related to fertility: theoretical foundations and empirical evidence from Bulgaria

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Philipov²

2005

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“…Even though the norm of reciprocity is not as important in family relationships as in other kinds of relationships, there is empirical support for the assumption that the norm of reciprocity applies to family relationships as well. For instance, studies on German samples confirmed that the majority of adult children, middle-aged parents, and grandparents experienced a balance of give and take in instrumental help and communication (Alt, 1994;Schulz, 1996).…”

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Adult Parent–Child Relationships: Relationship Quality, Support, and Reciprocity

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A partir du modèle de la solidarité intergénérationnelle de Bengston (Bengston & Roberts, 1991), on a étudié, chez 265 femmes entre deux âges vivant en Allemagne, les interrelations entre leurs valeurs familiales, leur perception de qualité de la relation avec leurs parents, le soutien qu’elles disent leur apporter et recevoir de leur part, ainsi que leur appréhension de l’entraide entre les générations. On s’est aussi demandé si l’aide apporté aux parents et la réciprocité perçu étaient en rapport avec la charge que les filles ressentaient suite au soutien accordé. Les données des diverses rubriques, fournies par les sujets, ont été traitées avec des analyses de régression logistiques multiple et multinomiale. Les analyses ont débouché sur des liaisons positives entre les valeurs familiales, la qualité des relations et le soutien aux parents. La réciprocité perçue était reliée aux aides mutuelles entre les générations et un soutien déséquilibré avait des effets négatifs sur la qualité de la relation. La charge ressentie pouvait être prédite à partir de la réciprocité perçue et de l’importance de l’aide. Cependant, sont apparus des modèles corrélationnels spécifiques dépendant à la fois du type d’aide et du niveau d’importance relatif du père et de la mère. Les résultats sont discutés dans le contexte du sens de la réciprocité et des obligations familiales dans une culture occidentale. In accordance with Bengtson's model of intergenerational solidarity (e.g. Bengtson & Roberts, 1991), the interrelations between adult daughters’ family values, their perception of the relationship quality with their parents, the support they reported to give to and to receive from their parents, and their perception of reciprocity in intergenerational support exchange were investigated for N= 265 middle‐aged women in Germany. It was also asked whether the support given to parents and perceived reciprocity are related to daughters’ felt burden as a result of their support. Cross‐sectional, self‐report data were examined with multiple and multinomial logistic regression analyses. The analyses revealed positive relations between family values, relationship quality, and support to parents. Perceived reciprocity was associated with the exchange of intergenerational support, and imbalance in support had negative effects on the relationship quality. Felt burden was predicted by the extent of support and the perceived reciprocity. However, specific correlational patterns depending on the kind of support as well as differences in the importance of mother and father occurred. The findings are discussed against the background of the meaning of family obligations and reciprocity in a Western culture.

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Reziprozität von Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen in Mehrgenerationennetzwerken

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Adult Daughters’ Family Structure and the Association Between Reciprocity and Relationship Quality

Adult Daughters’ Family Structure and the Association Between Reciprocity and Relationship Quality

Social capital related to fertility: theoretical foundations and empirical evidence from Bulgaria

Adult Parent–Child Relationships: Relationship Quality, Support, and Reciprocity

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