New Structure, Traditional Essence: Patterns of Helping Non-Coresident Parents by Own and Sibling(s)’ Gender in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 016402752110188
Author(s):  
Yifei Hou ◽  
Marissa Rurka ◽  
Siyun Peng
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sibship Size ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
The Family

As Chinese households are becoming smaller with increasing numbers of adult children and older parents living apart, the extent to which patterns of parental support reflect traditional gender dynamics is under debate. Integrating theories of sibling compensation with ceremonial giving, we tested whether helping non-coresident parents in China is affected by sibship size and how these patterns depend on own and sibling(s)’ gender using a sample of 4,359 non-coresident parent-child dyads nesting within 3,285 focal adult children from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2013. Opposite to patterns in the United States and Europe, we found substitutions of daughters with sons—having more brothers was associated with daughters’ reduced probabilities and hours of helping. Sons’ patterns of helping were independent of number of brothers and sisters in the family, consistent with the theory of ceremonial giving. These findings reflect the dominance of traditional family dynamics despite changes in family structure.

scholarly journals The Effects of Social Support on the Psychological Well-Being of Older Parents: A Longitudinal Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 795-796
Author(s):  
Erik Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
To Receive

Abstract This study examines whether parental support (the provision of social support by older parents to adult children) and filial support (older parents’ receipt of social support from adult children) influence two orthogonal dimensions of older adults’ psychological wellbeing: positive feelings and negative feelings. This study also highlights the importance of accounting for parental need as a mediator of social support. A longitudinal design is used to examine the effects of social support on the psychological wellbeing of older adults at Wave 6 (1998) and Wave 8 (2004) of the Longitudinal Study of Generations. Parental support significantly increases parents’ positive feelings, which suggests that, when it comes to positive feelings, it is better to give support than to receive it. Filial support findings indicate that older adults with greater level of disability demonstrate a decrease in negative feelings when they received filial support. However, this effect does not hold for older adults with lesser levels of disability, suggesting that, when it comes to older adults’ negative feelings, it is better to receive support (rather than to give it) when parents are in need. Although parental and filial support have the potential to buffer stressful life transitions in old age, most parents wish to remain independent, even in later life, making them reluctant to accept filial support. The parent-adult child relationship is crucial for psychological wellbeing, especially because of increased life expectancy.

scholarly journals The effect of adult children living in the United States on the likelihood of cognitive impairment for older parents living in Mexico

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Downer ◽  
Cesar González-González ◽  
Noreen Goldman ◽  
Anne R. Pebley ◽  
Rebeca Wong
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
The United States ◽  
Older Parents

scholarly journals The Pioneer Greek Immigrant in the United States and Canada (1880s-1920s): Survival Strategies of a Traditional Family

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelia Tastsoglou ◽  
George Stubos
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gender Composition ◽  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Family Plan ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Mother Country ◽  
The Family

This paper is a study of the pioneer Greek immigrant and the pioneer Greek immigrant family in the United States and Canada from the 1880s to the 1920s. Our thesis is that the pioneer Greek immigrant was the executor of a well-defined family plan to help preserve as much as possible the physiognomy, identity and economic autonomy of the family unit that was left behind in the mother country. The Greek-American and Greek-Canadian family, limited in scope because of the gender composition of the early immigrants, organized itself in a "defensive" manner, i.e. it "closed" itself to the outside world and remained "frozen in time", as a result of the hardships of immigrant life, including the racism of the host countries.

It's All In the Family: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Nation

Hypatia ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Hill Collins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Six Dimensions ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Intersectionality has attracted substantial scholarly attention in the 1990s. Rather than examining gender, race, class, and nation as distinctive social hierarchies, intersectionality examines how they mutually construct one another. I explore how the traditional family ideal functions as a privileged exemplar of intersectionality in the United States. Each of its six dimensions demonstrates specific connections between family as a gendered system of social organization, racial ideas and practices, and constructions of U.S. national identity.

scholarly journals Pharmacists and Pediatric Medication Adherence: Bridging the Gap

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah El-Rachidi ◽  
Joseph M. Larochelle ◽  
Jill A. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Family ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Treatment Culture

Pediatric medication nonadherence is a major problem in the United States health care system. Age of the child, lack of understanding about the disease or treatment, culture, socioeconomic status, family structure, schedule of medications, and taste can all contribute to this problem. Strategies that target interventions to the individual patient and family can be most effective. Pharmacists are at the forefront of patient care and can help children become more adherent to their medications through counseling and building a trusting relationship with the family. This article highlights some common problems to adherence and some solutions to increase adherence.

scholarly journals Representation of the family in the YouTube channels of content-creator kids. A comparative analysis of Spain, the United States, and the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Esther Martínez Pastor ◽  
◽  
Marian Blanco-Ruiz ◽  
Ricardo Vizcaíno Pérez ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Media Representation ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Media

The aim of this study is to analyze the type of family represented on YouTube channels starring by children under 14 in Spain, the United States and the United Kingdom. A total of 450 videos from 15 channels have been randomly selected between the years 2016-2018 and a content analysis is applied. The results show that the media representation of family members continues to maintain the traditional family structure, cultural differences in how the family participates in the videos according to the country and the presence of the father or mother as a co-star.

scholarly journals Adult children's education and trajectories of episodic memory among older parents in the United States of America

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Manacy Pai ◽  
Wentian Lu ◽  
Baowen Xue
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cognitive Health ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Children’S Education

Abstract The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between adult children's education and older parents’ cognitive health, and the extent to which this relationship is moderated by parents’ own socio-economic and marital statuses. Data using Waves 5 (2000) to 13 (2016) are drawn from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative panel survey of individuals age 50 and above in the United States of America (USA). Older parents’ cognitive functioning is measured using episodic memory from Waves 5–13. Adult children's education is measured using years of schooling, on average, for all adult children of a respondent. Analyses based on multilevel linear growth curve modelling reveal that parents with well-educated adult children report higher memory score over time compared to their counterparts whose children are not as well-educated. We also find that the positive effect of children's education on parents’ cognitive health is moderated by parents’ own education, though not by their income, occupation or marital status. Our work contributes to the growing body of research on the ‘upward’ flow of resources model that assesses the ways in which personal and social assets of the younger generation shape the health and wellbeing of the older generation. Our findings are particularly relevant to the USA given the enduring linkage between socio-economic status and health, and the limited social and economic protection for those of lower social status.

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