Adult children's divorce and intergenerational relationships.
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of adult children's divorce on several aspects of their relationships with parents. A sample of 905 middle-aged and elderly respondents was used. Findings indicated that an adult child's divorce is a fairly common experience for parents: About 50 p...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Marriage & Family Vol. 56; pp. 279 - 294 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May 1994
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| Sumario: | A study was conducted to investigate the effects of adult children's divorce on several aspects of their relationships with parents. A sample of 905 middle-aged and elderly respondents was used. Findings indicated that an adult child's divorce is a fairly common experience for parents: About 50 percent of parents over age 60 who have at least one ever-married child have experienced a child's divorce. The experience of currently having grandchildren not in an adult child's custody is not nearly so common, affecting approximately one in ten parents in their sixties at a given time. Divorced daughters with child custody generally have more contact than married daughters and get more assistance from parents. Furthermore, divorce does not reduce daughters' help to parents. Sons receive more baby-sitting help when they are married than in other circumstances. |
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