Adult Children’s Serious Health Conditions and the Flow of Support Between the Generations | Zendy

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Adult Children’s Serious Health Conditions and the Flow of Support Between the Generations

Author(s) -

Megan Gilligan,

J. Jill Suitor,

Marissa Rurka,

Gulcin Con,

Karl Pillemer

Publication year - 2015

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/gnv075

Subject(s) - offspring , perspective (graphical) , psychology , mental health , life course approach , developmental psychology , physical health , psychiatry , pregnancy , biology , computer science , genetics , artificial intelligence

The life course perspective suggests that serious physical or mental health conditions that limit the daily activities of any one family member are likely to be consequential for other family members as well. In this article, we explored whether adult children's serious health conditions affected the flow of expressive and instrumental support between mothers and both the offspring with health conditions and other offspring in the family.

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