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The Role of Violated Caregiver Preferences in Psychological Well-Being When Older Mothers Need Assistance

Author(s) -

J. Jill Suitor,

Megan Gilligan,

Karl Pillemer

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gns084

Subject(s) - socioemotional selectivity theory , affect (linguistics) , psychology , developmental psychology , qualitative research , multivariate analysis , clinical psychology , gerontology , medicine , social science , communication , sociology

Theory and research suggest that congruence between individuals' preferences for future care and the patterns of care received will affect well-being. In this article, we explore whether older mothers' psychological well-being was affected by the children they preferred as future caregivers and provide assistance at a later point when the mothers experience illness or injury.

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