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Social support transactions between professional and nonprofessional women and their mothers
Author(s) -
Uphold Constance R.,
Lenz Elizabeth R.,
Soeken Karen L.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/1098-240x(200012)23:6<447::aid-nur4>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - lisrel , social support , psychology , nursing , quality (philosophy) , childbirth , medicine , social psychology , structural equation modeling , pregnancy , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , epistemology , biology , genetics
A theoretical model predicting professional and nonprofessional women's perceptions of social support transactions with their mothers was tested. A sample of 210 professional women and 165 nonprofessional women answered mailed questionnaires. LISREL VI was used to evaluate the quality of the measurement model and generate a revised model. Social support was greatest when employed women were professional, had positive filial responsibility attitudes, lived near their mothers, visited them frequently, and when mothers were not married. These findings provide a beginning theoretical model that can serve as a basis for nursing practice and research when working with intergenerational families. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Res Nurs Health 23:447–460, 2000.