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- Title
Middle-Aged Children's Support for Parents-In-Law and Marital Satisfaction.
- Authors
Lee, Jeong Eun; Kim, Kyungmin; Cichy, Kelly E.; Fingerman, Karen L.; Lee, Jeong Eun; Cichy, Kelly E; Fingerman, Karen L
- Abstract
This study investigated the dissimilarity in midlife adults' reports of support they and their spouse provide to their parents-in-law, gender differences in these dissimilarity patterns, and implications of this dissimilarity for marital quality. Middle-aged married participants (n = 164, mean age = 53.96 years) from Wave 2 of the Family Exchanges Study reported on the support they and their spouse provided to at least 1 living parent-in-law. Regression models examined associations of marital satisfaction with support for parents-in-law, evaluations of support for parents-in-law, and spousal dissimilarity in support. Gender differences in own and spousal support for parents-in-law revealed matrilineal focused support among married adults. Spousal dissimilarity in support was negatively associated with marital satisfaction for middle-aged adults. This pattern suggests the importance of a perceived balance in supporting one's spouse's parents for marital quality.
- Subjects
ADULT children; MARITAL satisfaction; CHILD support; MIDDLE-aged persons; MARITAL quality; ALIMONY; MARRIAGE &; psychology; SOCIAL support; SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY of Spouses; PSYCHOLOGY of adult children; SEX distribution; PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; RESEARCH funding; FAMILY relations; PARENTS
- Publication
Gerontology, 2020, Vol 66, Issue 4, p340
- ISSN
0304-324X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1159/000505589