Open AccessSolidarity-Conflict and Ambivalence: Testing Two Conceptual Frameworks and Their Impact on Quality of Life for Older Family Members
Author(s) -
A. Lowenstein
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/62.2.s100
Subject(s) - ambivalence , solidarity , psychology , social psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , quality (philosophy) , conceptual framework , test (biology) , developmental psychology , sociology , political science , social science , epistemology , psychotherapist , paleontology , philosophy , politics , biology , law
The purpose of this study was to test empirically two major conceptualizations of parent-child relations in later adulthood-intergenerational solidarity-conflict and ambivalence paradigms-and their predictive validity on elders' quality of life using comparative cross-national data.
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