Perceptions of Closeness in Adult Parent-Child Dyads: Asymmetry in the Context of Family Complexity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Multi-actor data show that parents' and adult children's evaluations of their relation do not necessarily match. We studied disagreement in parent- and child-reported closeness, comparing parent-child dyads involving separated parents, non-separated parents, and stepparents to shed new light on today's diverse landscape of adult parent-child relations.

Method

Using data from the Parents and Children in the Netherlands (OKiN) survey, we analyzed closeness in parent-child dyads (N = 4,602) comparing (step)parents' and their adult children's (aged 25-45) reports. To distinguish directional disagreement (i.e., differences in child- and parent-reported means) from nondirectional disagreement (i.e., the association between child- and parent-reported measures), while acc

SUBMITTER: van Houdt K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7751165 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature