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Family Relationships and Well-Being

Author(s) -

Patricia A. Thomas,

Hui Liu,

Debra Umberson

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

innovation in aging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2399-5300

DOI - 10.1093/geroni/igx025

Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , psychology , sibling , life course approach , social psychology , family life , social relationship , developmental psychology , sociology , gender studies , anthropology

Family relationships are enduring and consequential for well-being across the life course. We discuss several types of family relationships-marital, intergenerational, and sibling ties-that have an important influence on well-being. We highlight the quality of family relationships as well as diversity of family relationships in explaining their impact on well-being across the adult life course. We discuss directions for future research, such as better understanding the complexities of these relationships with greater attention to diverse family structures, unexpected benefits of relationship strain, and unique intersections of social statuses.

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