Intergenerational Exchange and Expected Support Among the Young-Old

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2286567
AutoresI F Lin (0000-0001-9070-990X, Bowling Green State University, autor correspondente), Hsueh‐sheng Wu (Bowling Green State University)
Ano2014
Volume76
Fascículo2
Páginas261-271
Data de publicação2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jomf.12093
PMID26640296
OpenAlexW2114790769
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas47

The authors used data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (N = 5,023) to determine how 3 attributes of intergenerational exchange (content, direction, and recency) are associated with older adults' expected sick care and comfort from their adult children. They found more like-kind associations (expecting same types of support that had been exchanged before) than spillover associations (expecting different types of support than that had been exchanged before). Same patterns of like-kind associations were found for expected sick care and comfort regardless of the direction and recency of exchange, but expected sick care and comfort had different patterns of spillover associations. Specifically, recent emotional transfer, upward or downward, was related to expected sick care, but only recent upward instrumental transfer was related to expected comfort. This study advances the gerontological literature by elucidating the complex relations between each of the 3 attributes of intergenerational exchange and expected support among older adults

Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Social exchange theory · Aging and Gerontology Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology