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Family Relationships and Well-Being

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Family relationships are enduring and consequential for well-being across the life course. We discuss several types of family relationships-marital, intergenerational, and sibling ties-that have an important influence on well-being. We highlight the quality of family relationships as well as diversity of family relationships in explaining their impact on well-being across the adult life course. We discuss directions for future research, such as better understanding the complexities of these relationships with greater attention to diverse family structures, unexpected benefits of relationship strain, and unique intersections of social statuses.

Source: Innovation in Aging

DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx025

Authors: Patricia A Thomas, Hui Liu, Debra Umberson

Institutions: Purdue University West Lafayette, Michigan State University, The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,977