Too Much of a Good Thing? Intergenerational Social Support and the Psychological Well-Being of Older Parents

Silverstein, Merril; Chen, Xuan; Heller, Kenneth

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“…More frequent contact with children as well as emotional and instrumental support from co-residing children may help older parents maintain higher levels of physical and mental functioning in older ages (Glaser et al, 2004;Roll & Litwin, 2010;Zunzunegui et al, 2001). Our findings suggest that these benefits may not be outweighed by the potential increase in conflict between children and older parents living together, or by the potential loss of autonomy and independence among parents who live with their adult children (Hughes & Waite, 2002;Lang & Schutze, 2002;Silverstein et al, 1996). This is of particular importance at a time when multi-generational living arrangements have increased as a result of the Great Recession and its aftermath (Kaplan, 2012), a pattern that may have increased contact with children and paradoxically improved parent's mental health.…”

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“…More frequent contact with children may reduce symptoms of depression in older age (Buber & Engelhardt, 2008), but co-residing with adult children may also increase conflict between children and older parents, and lead to a loss of autonomy and independence in older age (Hughes & Waite, 2002;Lang & Schutze, 2002;Silverstein, Chen, & Heller, 1996). This relationship may be crucial to understanding the increasing burden of old-age depression in ageing societies.…”

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Under one roof: The effect of co-residing with adult children on depression in later life

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Avendaño

2016

Social Science & Medicine

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Rationale. The number of older parents living without adult children has increased dramatically over the last decades. However, recent trends exacerbated by the Great Recession have led to an increase in intergenerational co-residing. Methods. We used three waves of data (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010) from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) collected around the great recession to assess the effects of intergenerational co-residence on mental health in later life (n=50,043). We used an instrumental variable approach that exploits changes in employment opportunities of adult children during the great recession to examine the impact of coresiding with adult children on depression scores measured using the Euro-D scale of depression. Results. Northern European countries exhibited low levels of both co-residence and depression in older age, while most countries in Eastern and Southern Europe had high levels of both co-residence and depression. In OLS models that controlled for measured characteristics, co-residing with an adult child was not associated with depressive symptoms in older parents (β=-0.0387; 95% CI -0.0892 to 0.0118). By contrast, results from IV models suggest that co-residing with an adult child significantly reduces depressive symptoms by 0.731 points (95% CI -1.261 to -0.200) on the 12-item scale.Results were robust to a series of robustness checks including controls for child characteristics, country-specific time trends, and analyses restricted to homeowners. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that, in the context of high unemployment rates during the Great Recession in Europe, increased intergenerational exchange between adult children and older parents in the form of co-residence had positive mental health effects on older parents.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Under one roof: The effect of co-residing with adult children on depression in later life

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Avendaño

2016

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Family solidarity seems to enhance wellbeing, although no consensus exists on the empirical results with regard to this relationship (Merz, Schulze, & Schuengel, 2010;Silverstein & Bengtson, 1994;Silverstein, Chen, & Heller, 1996). It has been suggested that it depends on the predominant values in society and most studies are focused on the impact of help recipients (Katz, 2009;Schwarz et al, 2010).…”

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Intergenerational Solidarity and Satisfaction With Life: Mediation Effects With Emerging Adults

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Mendonça

2013

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)

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The increasing dependency of emerging adults (EA) on their family of origin and their lower future expectations challenge intergenerational family support exchanges and may affect their impact on satisfaction with life. This study aims to examine the mediation effect of familism, filial maturity, and relationship satisfaction between different directions of support (received, given and anticipated between both) and satisfaction with life. Data was collected through the administration of self-report questionnaires to a convenience sample of 243 EA (18-30 years old) of both genders, students and workers, of different socioeconomic statuses. Results corroborate the mediation effect of the study variables and suggest that the magnitude of this impact depends on the direction of the support: partial mediations are observed for the received support, whereas total mediations are observed for the given support.

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“…Apart from family and friends, perceiving adequate support from other social sources including the socially supportive relationships established with the opposite sex and the relationships established before marriage was considered to be significant in terms of psychological well-being. In literature review, it was noticed that high level social support and social support perceived from the special person as a sub-dimension positively affected psychological well-being levels of individuals (Brough & Pears, 2004;Daniels & Guppy, 1994;Okawa et al, 2011;Silverstein, Chen & Heller, 1996;Turner, 1981). To summarize the result of this study shortly, no matter which source the social support is perceived, high level social support perception created a positive effect upon psychological well-being of candidate psychological counselors.…”

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“…Some of these variables included social competence (Holopainen, Lappalainen, Junttila, & Savolainen, 2012), self-respect, self-confidence (Sandhu, Singh, Tung, & Kundra, 2012), personality traits such as neuroticism, extroversion and openness (Kokko, Tolvanen & Pulkkinen, 2013), emotional intelligence (James, Bore, & Zito, 2012), social network (Park, Song, & Lee, 2014), optimism (Souri & Hasanirad, 2011), religion and religiousness (Green & Elliott, 2010;Unterrainer, Ladenhauf, Moazedi, Wallner-Liebmann, & Fink, 2010), employment, level of education, marriage, age and gender (Khumalo, Temane, & Wissing, 2012), and physical health (Shields & Price, 2005). In addition to these variables, the social support perceived from different sources was noticed to be efficient upon psychological well-being of individuals (Brough & Pears, 2004;Daniels & Guppy, 1997;Du, Li, Chi, Zhao, & Zhao, 2015;Silverstein, Chen, & Heller, 1996).…”

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Perceived Social Support and Assertiveness as a Predictor of Candidates Psychological Counselors’ Psychological Well-Being

Ateş¹

2016

IES

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In this research, to what extent the variables of perceived social support (family, friends and special people) and assertiveness predicted the psychological well-being levels of candidate psychological counselors. The research group of this study included totally randomly selected 308 candidate psychological counselors including 174 females (56.5%) and 134 males (43.5%) studying at Erzincan University, Faculty of Education, Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department in 2015-2016 academic year. The age average of the research group was 20.84. Psychological Well-Being Scale, Voltan-Acar Assertiveness Scale, Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale, and Personal Information Form were used as the data collection tools in the research. The data obtained in the research were analyzed with stepwise regression analysis method as one of the multiple linear regression analyses methods. According to the research findings, the variables of assertiveness and social support perceived from family, friends and special people significantly predicted psychological well-being.

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Too Much of a Good Thing? Intergenerational Social Support and the Psychological Well-Being of Older Parents

Cited by 268 publications

References 35 publications

Under one roof: The effect of co-residing with adult children on depression in later life

Under one roof: The effect of co-residing with adult children on depression in later life

Intergenerational Solidarity and Satisfaction With Life: Mediation Effects With Emerging Adults

Perceived Social Support and Assertiveness as a Predictor of Candidates Psychological Counselors’ Psychological Well-Being

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