Older parents' perceptions of ambivalence in relationships with their children

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 539-551

  Peters, Cheryl L ^a   Hooker, Karen ^a,b   Zvonkovic, Anisa M ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Human Development and Family Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging families; Ambivalence; Emotion; Family interaction; Intergenerational relationships; Qualitative family research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751271720     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00424.x     Document Type: Review

References (27)

1. Antonucci, T., Akiyama, H., & Lansford, J. (1998). The negative effects of close social relations among older adults. Family Relations, 47, 379-384.
2. Beaton, J., Norris, J., & Pratt, M. (2003). Unresolved issues in adult children's marital relationships involving intergenerational problems. Family Relations, 52, 143-153.
3. Bengtson, V., & Kuypers, J. (1971). Generational difference and the "developmental stake." Aging and Human Development, 2, 249-260.
4. Berg, B. (2001). Qualitative research methods for the social sciences. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
5. Carstensen, L., Isaacowitz, D., & Charles, S. (1999). Taking time seriously: A theory of socioeconomic selectivity. American Psychologist, 54, 165-181.
6. Carstensen, L., Pasupathi, M., Mayr, U., & Nesselroade, J. (2000). Emotional experiences in everyday life across the adult life span. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 644-655.
7. Cherlin, A., & Furstenberg, F. (1986). The new American grandparent. New York Basic.
8. Connidis, I., & McMullin, J. (2002). Sociological ambivalence and family ties: A critical perspective. Journal of Marriage and Family, 64, 558-567.
9. Fingerman, K., Hay, E., & Birdett, K. (2004). The best of ties, the worst of ties: Close, problematic, and ambivalent social relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 66, 792-808.
10. Hagestad, G. (1982). Parent and child: Generations in the family. In T. Field, A. Huston, H. Quay, L. Troll, & G. Finley (Eds.), Review of human development (pp. 485-499). New York: Wiley & Sons.
11. Labouvie-Vief, G., & DeVoe, M. (1991). Emotional regulation in adulthood and later life: A developmental view. In K. W. Schale (Ed.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics (pp. 172-194). New York: Springer.
12. Lang, F. (2004). The filial task in midlife. In K. Lüscher & K. Pillemer (Eds.), Intergenerational ambivalences: New perspectives on parent-child relations in later life. Belgium: Elsevier/JAI Press.
13. Lettke, F., & Klein, D. (2004). Methodological issues in assessing ambivalences in intergenerational relations. In K. Pillemer & K. Lüscher (Eds.), Intergenerational ambivalences: New perspectives on parent-child relations in later life (pp. 85-113). Belgium: Elsevier/JAI Press.
14. Lorenz-Meyer, D. (2004). The ambivalences of parental care among young German adults. In K. Pillemer & K. Lüscher (Eds.), Intergenerational ambivalences: New perspectives on parent-child relations in later life (pp. 225-252). Belgium: Elsevier/JAI Press.
15. Lüscher, K., & Pillemer, K. (1998). Intergenerational ambivalence: A new approach to the study of parent-child relations in later life. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60, 413-425.
16. Pillemer, K., & Lüscher, K. (2004). Intergenerational ambivalences: New perspectives on parent-child relations in later lift. Belgium: Elsevier/JAI Press.
17. Pillemer, K., & Suitor, J. (2002). Explaining mothers' ambivalence toward their children. Journal of Marriage and Family, 64, 602-613.
18. Pyke, K. (1999). The micropolitics of care in relationships between aging parents and adult children: Individualism, collectivism, and power. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 61, 661-672.
19. Raschick, M., & Ingersoll-Dayton, B. (2004). The costs and rewards of caregiving among aging spouses and adult children. Family Relations, 53, 317-325.
20. Roberto, K. A., Allen, K., & Blieszner, R. (1999). Older women, their children, and grandchildren: A feminist perspective on family relationships. Journal of Women & Aging, 11(213), 67-84.
21. Roberts, R. E. L., Richards, L. N., & Bengtson, V. L. (1991). Intergenerational solidarity in families: Untangling the ties that bind. Marriage and Family Review, 16, 11-46.
22. Rossi, A., & Rossi, P. (1990). Of human bonding: Parent-child relationships across the life course. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter.
23. Silverstein, M., & Schaie, K. W. (2004). Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics: Vol. 24. Intergenerational relations across time and place. New York Springer.
24. Spitze, G., & Gallant, M. (2004). The bitter with the sweet: Older adults' strategies for handling ambivalence in relations with their adult children. Journal of Family Issues, 26, 387-412.
25. Strauss, A. (1987). Qualitative analysis for social scientists. New York: Cambridge University Press.
26. Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
27. Willson, A., Shuey, K., & Elder, G. (2003). Ambivalence in the relationship of adult children to aging parents and in-laws. Journal of Marriage and Family, 65, 1055-1072.