Rosenthal C J, Matthews S H, Marshall V W
Res Aging. 1989 Jun;11(2):244-60. doi: 10.1177/0164027589112006.
In the current literature on parent care, the assertion is made that modern women at some time in their lives may expect to be sandwiched between responsibilities to old parents and their other commitments. This article presents the distribution for a random sample of 163 women aged 40 to 69 with respect to combinations of variables or commitment configurations that have been identified in the literature as contributing to women's being "caught in the middle." In addition, the lifetime caregiving experiences and the likelihood that those who have not yet been caregivers will be "caught" are examined for a subsample of the women. The argument is made that adult children rather than caregivers to frail parents are the appropriate population on which to focus if the incidence and prevalence of the involvement of adult children in parent care are to be ascertained.
在当前关于照顾父母的文献中，有一种观点认为，现代女性在其人生的某个阶段可能会发现自己夹在对年迈父母的责任和其他事务之间。本文呈现了一个由163名年龄在40至69岁之间的女性组成的随机样本在变量组合或责任配置方面的分布情况，这些变量组合或责任配置在文献中被认定为导致女性“陷入两难境地”的因素。此外，针对该样本中的一部分女性，研究了她们一生的照顾经历以及尚未成为照顾者的人未来“陷入照顾困境”的可能性。文中指出，如果要确定成年子女参与父母照顾的发生率和流行率，那么将关注对象聚焦于成年子女而非体弱父母的照顾者是更为合适的。
