Open AccessHow Widowhood and Gender Shape the Impact of Maternal Favoritism on Adult Children’s Psychological Well-Being
Author(s) -
J. Jill Suitor,
Megan Gilligan,
Reilly Kincaid,
Yifei Hou,
Catherine Stepniak,
Siyun Peng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbab120
Subject(s) - closeness , psychology , developmental psychology , marital status , affect (linguistics) , demography , population , mathematical analysis , mathematics , communication , sociology
Our goal was to extend research on within-family differences in mother-child relations in later life by focusing on 2 social structural characteristics of mothers and offspring that may play important roles in shaping the impact of maternal favoritism on adult children's depressive symptoms-mother's marital status and child's gender.