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Transitions in Relationships With Older Parents: From Middle to Later Years.

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Objective

Although intergenerational relationships have been extensively examined, studies applying dynamic multidimensional treatments are rare. Employing the life course framework and the intergenerational solidarity and ambivalence paradigms, a typology of intergenerational relationships was derived and propositions about dynamics of intergenerational relationships were tested.

Method

Using latent transition analysis, we modeled 4 waves of panel data spanning 18 years from the Longitudinal Study of Generations to examine how older parent-child relationships (N = 938) transitioned in and out of complex relational configurations.

Results

We derived 5 relationship types roughly corresponding to those found in earlier research. Transitions in relationship type occurred mostly when both generations were relatively young, and along the lines of what attachment, ambivalence, and latent kinship theories would predict. When change did occur, it was primarily structured by factors affecting the availability of adult children, as well as circumstances that elevated the dependency of older parents and promoted both positive and negative reactivity in their adult children.

Discussion

This study has demonstrated how typological analysis captures both the complexities and dynamics of intergenerational relationships in mature families. By including behavioral, emotional, and normative aspects of later life intergenerational relationships, we told a story that was more about continuity than change.

SUBMITTER: Hogerbrugge MJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4580550 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transitions in Relationships With Older Parents: From Middle to Later Years.

Hogerbrugge Martijn J A MJ Silverstein Merril D MD

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 20140622 3

<h4>Objective</h4>Although intergenerational relationships have been extensively examined, studies applying dynamic multidimensional treatments are rare. Employing the life course framework and the intergenerational solidarity and ambivalence paradigms, a typology of intergenerational relationships was derived and propositions about dynamics of intergenerational relationships were tested.<h4>Method</h4>Using latent transition analysis, we modeled 4 waves of panel data spanning 18 years from the ...[more]

PMID: 24958693

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Transitions in Relationships With Older Parents: From Middle to Later Years.

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