The Impact of Older Parents’ Pain Symptoms on Adult Children | Zendy

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The Impact of Older Parents’ Pain Symptoms on Adult Children

Author(s) -

Karl Pillemer,

Catherine Riffin,

J. Jill Suitor,

Siyun Peng,

M. Carrington Reid

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1526-4637

pISSN - 1526-2375

DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnw320

Subject(s) - closeness , affect (linguistics) , chronic pain , stressor , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , offspring , pain catastrophizing , young adult , developmental psychology , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , pregnancy , nursing , communication , biology , genetics , mathematical analysis , mathematics

Not only is persistent pain a debilitating health problem for older adults, it also may have negative effects on family relationships. Studies have documented the effects of pain on spouses and on parents of young children. However, research has not extended this line of inquiry to later life, and specifically to the impact of older parents' pain symptoms on adult children. This study addresses the question: Does older mothers' pain affect the quality of relations with offspring?

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