Young Adults' Provision of Support to Middle-Aged Parents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Middle-aged adults often provide support to aging parents, but researchers know little about support that young adults provide middle-aged parents. This study examined support that young adults provide parents and explanations for that support from both offspring's and parents' perspectives.

Method

Young adults (n = 515, mean age = 22.34) and their parents (n = 364, mean age = 50.09) from the Family Exchanges Study reported support that offspring provide parents. Participants also reported parental personal problems, parental disability status, relationship quality, and support that parents provide offspring.

Results

Offspring provided parents with emotional support and listening more often than other forms of support. Offspring reported providing more freq

SUBMITTER: Cheng YP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4542646 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature