Family Relations of the Elderly

Bibliographic Data

ID2586293
AuthorsLeopold Rosenmayr (corresponding author)
Year1968
Volume30
Issue4
Pages672
Publication date1968-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/349516
OpenAlexW2586063491
LanguageEN
Citations received10

The paper reviews research findings from various European countries (including the author's own studies in Vienna) on intergenerational relations between parents and their grown-up children. Numerous data disprove certain important features of the classical theory of the isolated nuclear family in industrialized and urbanized society. Although, according to newer data, joint living is a minority pattern, effective interaction (economic support, help in both ways and mutual visiting) is frequent and emotionally important particularly to the elderly. “Intimacy—but at a distance—corresponds to wishes of both generations.” A special section of the paper is dedicated to propositions for theoretical innovation in the problem area studied including, e.g., a criticism of role theory, a criticism of statements on family cohesion based on findings of help patterns only. The paper postulates an amalgamation of major aspects of social gerontology with a sociology of the family cycle

Cohesion (chemistry · Criticism · Economics · Epistemology · Nuclear family · Political science · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of the family · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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