Open AccessMultiple Parent-Adult Child Relations and Well-Being in Middle and Later Life
Author(s) -
Russell A. Ward
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/63.4.s239
Subject(s) - ambivalence , developmental psychology , psychology , centrality , social relation , quality (philosophy) , social psychology , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , combinatorics
Despite the centrality of parent-adult child relations, prior research has found only weak associations with parent well-being. There is a need to give more explicit attention to the relations of parents with multiple children and to the potentially mixed or "ambivalent" nature of those relations. These patterns may differ for mothers and fathers.