Ambivalence in the Relationship of Adult Children to Aging Parents and In-Laws

2003 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 1055-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea E. Willson ◽  
Kim M. Shuey ◽  
Glen H. Elder
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Aging Parents ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Parents and Adult Children: Special Features of Relationships (following foreign sources)

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
R.N. Egorov ◽  
I.V. Shapovalenko
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Family Counseling ◽  
Family Development ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Transition Into Adulthood ◽  
Newborn Child ◽  
Parent Interactions ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Traditionally scientific literature presents many investigations on relationship between parents and children of age from a newborn child to a teenager. This paper presents an overview of foreign literature on the relationship between parents and children in the period of their transition into adulthood. First, attention is paid to the importance of these relations and to some peculiarities of the period of children becoming adults and separating from parents. Some approaches and models used to describe the relationship of parents and adult children are considered; the factors that determine the differences in relations between children and their parents at the period indicated, as well as various typologies of these relationships, are analized. Some patterns of child-parent relationships during this period of family development are described. The methodological features of conducting research on child-parent interactions are indicated. The conclusions made on the ground of this literature review may be helpful when carrying out scientific investigation or during family counseling practice.

scholarly journals INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG OLDER ADULTS AND ADULT CHILDREN: AMBIVALENT FEELINGS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S179-S179
Author(s):  
Sofia von Humboldt ◽  
Isabel Leal
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Intergenerational Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract Objectives: The relationship of older adults with their adult children involves great emotional complexity and the quality of these relationships is associated with older adults’ well-being. This qualitative study aims to examine how older adults conceptualize intergenerational relationships with adult children. Methods: The present study on qualitative data collected from in-depth interviews was conducted with English and Portuguese older adults living in the community, designed to address their perspectives on intergenerational relations with adult children. 316 older adults participated in our study. The mean age of this group was 71.2 years. 65.3% were women, and a majority (54.7%) had a partner. Results: Content analysis generated four themes: affection and integration; satisfaction in the relationship; privacy and boundaries; financial support. Conclusions: Intergenerational relationships are experienced by older adults with ambivalence and and stress the contradictory expectations of older adults with grandchildren.

scholarly journals Distance without Dividing. Book review of: N.E. Kharlamenkova, E.V. Kumykova, F.K. Rubchenko. Psychological separation. Approaches, problems, techniques. М.: Psychology Institute RAS, 2015. 367 p.

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-167
Author(s):  
S.K. Nartova-Bochaver
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Psychological Separation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Vast Range

The review analyzes systematic studies of the psychological separation phenom- enon. The high relevance of the study is outlined because it stays in addition to the vast range of works devoted to the personal identity. Major authors’ ideas, a theoretical model of separation presented for the first time, a description of the types of harmoni- ous and disharmonious separation, a new look at family dynamics are marked. Special attention is paid to new facts in a little researched area of the relationship of adult children with their parents.

scholarly journals RELAÇÃO E CUIDADOS FILIAIS NA VELHICE: CONTRIBUTOS DA ANSIEDADE FILIAL

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Carla Faria
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Aging Society ◽  
Filial Maturity ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Elderly Living

Abstract.One of the consequences of an aging society is the growing need for caregivers, particularly informal caregivers. Research suggests that older adults care needs are becoming increasingly a responsibility of adult children. In this context, concepts such as filial maturity and filial anxiety are very useful because they allow us to understand the changes that occur in the relationship aged parents-adult children. Research in this field has gathered evidence that suggest the relevance of filial anxiety for filial care, as it plays an important role in the availability and quality of care provided and it may in advance constrain the ability of the caregiver to provide care. In this context, this study aims to (1) assess filial anxiety in middle-aged Portuguese adult children and (2) explore the relationship of filial anxiety with characteristics of the informal caregivers. Participated in the study 130 adults, aged between 35 and 64 years (M = 50.25, SD = 7.97), with at least one elderly living relative, that were assessed with the Filial Anxiety Scale. The results suggest that women have higher levels of filial anxiety, as well as the less educated adults. These results go in the same direction of the international literature in the field, which seems to strengthen the role of filial anxiety in the quality of filial relationship in adulthood, with strong implications for informal caregivers and for the elderly.Keywords: informal caregivers; filial care; filial anxiety; filial maturityResumo.Uma das consequências de uma sociedade envelhecida é a crescente necessidade de cuidadores, particularmente cuidadores informais. A investigação sugere que as necessidades de cuidados dos adultos mais velhos estão a tornar-se cada vez mais uma responsabilidade dos filhos adultos. Neste contexto, conceitos como maturidade filial e ansiedade filial são muito uteis pois permitem compreender as transformações que ocorrem na relação pais envelhecidos-filhos adultos. A investigação neste âmbito tem reunido evidências que sugerem a relevância da ansiedade filial para os cuidados filiais, na medida em que desempenha um papel importante na disponibilidade e qualidade do cuidado proporcionado, pois pode, antecipadamente, condicionar a capacidade do cuidador informal para cuidar. O presente estudo tem como objectivos (1) avaliar a ansiedade filial em filhos adultos portugueses de meia-idade e (2) explorar a sua relação com características destes cuidadores informais. Participam no estudo 130 adultos de ambos os sexos, com idades compreendidas entre os 35 e os 64 anos (M = 50.25; DP = 7.97) e com pelo menos um familiar idoso vivo, avaliados com a Escala de Ansiedade Filial. Os resultados sugerem que as mulheres apresentam níveis mais elevados de ansiedade filial, assim como os adultos menos instruídos. Estes resultados vão no mesmo sentido dos da literatura internacional no domínio, o que parece reforçar o papel da ansiedade filial na qualidade das relações filiais na vida adulta, particularmente ao nível dos cuidados filiais na velhice, com fortes implicações para os cuidadores informais e os idosos.Palavras-chave: cuidadores informais; cuidados filiais; ansiedade filial; maturidade filial

The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Scleractinian Corals ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

Skeletal elements of crinoid echinoderms: High-resolution structural and microanalytical results

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 194-195
Author(s):  
D. F. Blake ◽  
L. F. Allard ◽  
D. R. Peacor
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Sea Stars ◽  
High Resolution Tem ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates which has been extant since Cambrian time (c.a. 500 m.y. before the present). Modern examples of echinoderms include sea urchins, sea stars, and sea lilies (crinoids). The endoskeletons of echinoderms are composed of plates or ossicles (Fig. 1) which are with few exceptions, porous, single crystals of high-magnesian calcite. Despite their single crystal nature, fracture surfaces do not exhibit the near-perfect {10.4} cleavage characteristic of inorganic calcite. This paradoxical mix of biogenic and inorganic features has prompted much recent work on echinoderm skeletal crystallography. Furthermore, fossil echinoderm hard parts comprise a volumetrically significant portion of some marine limestones sequences. The ultrastructural and microchemical characterization of modern skeletal material should lend insight into: 1). The nature of the biogenic processes involved, for example, the relationship of Mg heterogeneity to morphological and structural features in modern echinoderm material, and 2). The nature of the diagenetic changes undergone by their ancient, fossilized counterparts. In this study, high resolution TEM (HRTEM), high voltage TEM (HVTEM), and STEM microanalysis are used to characterize tha ultrastructural and microchemical composition of skeletal elements of the modern crinoid Neocrinus blakei.

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