Generational Differences in Perceptions of Support Exchanges
Year: 2017
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: In Western countries, parents typically provide support to their children, even after they are grown; grown children may reciprocate and provide support to parents in late life when parental health declines. Yet, we do not know whether both parties perceive these exchanges in the same manner across adulthood. Participants included two sets of dyads from the Family Exchange Study: Middle aged parents and young adult children (n = 664 dyads, 1328 participants) and older parents and middle-aged children (n = 221 dyads, 442 participants). Participants report frequency of giving and receiving 6 types of support using the Intergenerational Support Index (ISI). The older dyads typically agreed in reports of support provided by parents to offspring and by offspring to parents. In the younger dyads, the young adult children reported providing more frequent support of all types than parents reported receiving. Norms for intergenerational support may shape perceptions of such support.
Source: Innovation in Aging
Authors: K.L. Fingerman, M. Huo, K. Kim, K. Birditt
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,977
OpenAlex ID: W2732591188