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Activities of Daily Living Needs and Support in Adult Child-Parent Dyads

Year: 2023

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: : This study examined whether changes in middle-aged children’s perceptions of their parents’ activities of daily living needs (ADL needs) were associated with changes in the mutuality of support in their relationship. A group of 366 middle-aged children in Waves 1 (2008) and 2 (2013) of the Family Exchanges Study self-reported providing and receiving tangible, emotional, and informational support to and from their n = 468 parents. Increased perceived parental ADL needs were associated with increased provision of tangible and informational support to parents but not with changes in support received. Increases in perceived parental ADL needs were associated with higher incongruence for all three support types (the child providing more support than they receive).

Source: GeroPsych

DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000307

Authors: Joan K. Monin, Gail McAvay, Talha Ali, Brooke C. Feeney, Richard Marottoli, Joseph E. Gaugler, Kira Birditt

Institutions: Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of Texas at Austin, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: G1000602226, Population Research Center, Attachment Behaviors in Parent Child Dyads Coping with Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, G3908576218, Daily Experiences among Black and White Dementia Caregivers: Implications for Well-being and Cardiovascular Health, Family Exchanges Study II, G8272245086, Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research, Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at Yale

OpenAlex ID: W4319983524

FWCI: 1.289

Cites: 25

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10