Parent-Adult Child Relationships and Repartnering After Gray Divorce.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The rise in gray divorce has catalyzed repartnering in later life. However, the antecedents of older adult repartnering remain poorly understood, particularly the potential role of adult children. A form of ambiguous loss, marital disruption often leads to family boundary ambiguity, thereby weakening family ties. We investigated whether co-residence and proximity of, frequent contact with, and downward transfers to adult children were negatively associated with repartnering after gray divorce.

Methods

Data from the 1998 to 2018 Health and Retirement Study were used to estimate discrete-time event history models using logistic regression to predict repartnering after gray divorce among parents of adult children (N = 1,359).

Results

As expected, adult child c

SUBMITTER: Brown SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11974390 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature