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- Title
Intergenerational Relations with In-Laws in the Context of the Social Convoy: Theoretical and Practical Implications.
- Authors
Santos, Jennifer D.; Levitt, Mary J.
- Abstract
Intergenerational relations among in-laws are involuntary ties emerging as a consequence of marriage. As such, these relations provide a window through which the dynamics involved in restructuring social networks following life transitions may be observed. A questionnaire, based on the social convoy model, was given to an ethnically diverse sample of adults with living in-laws (N = 170), married 2–15 years. About half of the respondents included in-laws in a concentric circle network diagram of persons close and important to them. The strongest unique predictors of convoy placement for the mother-in-law were support, frequency of contact, relationship quality, and length of marriage, and for the father-in-law were support, relationship quality, and value similarity. This study sheds light on the dynamics of an intergenerational relationship that has been largely ignored in the literature, laying the groundwork for conceptualizing ways to foster positive in-law relationships as a necessary tool in managing the care of the growing numbers of elderly in the new millennium.
- Subjects
PARENTS-in-law; INTERGENERATIONAL relations; COMMUNICATION &; psychology; SOCIAL aspects of marriage; SUPPORT (Domestic relations); ADULT-child relationships -- Social aspects; MOTHERS-in-law; FATHERS-in-law
- Publication
Journal of Social Issues, 2007, Vol 63, Issue 4, p827
- ISSN
0022-4537
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-4560.2007.00539.x