父母年老时每天与有问题的成年子女的支持交流。
Aging Parents' Daily Support Exchanges With Adult Children Suffering Problems.
机构信息
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin.
Department of Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston.
出版信息
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2019 Feb 15;74(3):449-459. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbx079.
OBJECTIVES
When adult children incur life problems (e.g., divorce, job loss, health problems), aging parents generally report providing more frequent support and experiencing poorer well-being. Yet, it is unclear how adult children's problems may influence aging parents' daily support exchanges with these children or the parents' daily mood.
METHODS
Aging parents from the Family Exchanges Study Wave 2 (N = 207, Mage = 79.86) reported providing and receiving emotional support, practical support, and advice from each adult child each day for 7 days. Parents also rated daily positive and negative mood.
RESULTS
Multilevel models showed that aging parents were more likely to provide emotional and practical support to adult children incurring life problems than children not suffering problems. Parents were also more likely to receive emotional support and advice from these children with problems. Further, parents reported less negative mood on days when providing practical support to children with problems.
DISCUSSION
Examining daily support exchanges adds to our understanding of how children's problems influence parent-child ties in late life. Prior research suggests that children's problems upset parents. In this study, however, it appears that supporting adult children who suffer problems may alleviate aging parents' distress regarding such children.
目的
当成年子女遭遇生活问题（例如离婚、失业、健康问题）时，年老的父母通常会报告提供更频繁的支持，并体验到较差的幸福感。然而，目前尚不清楚成年子女的问题如何影响年老父母与这些子女的日常支持交流，或父母的日常情绪。
方法
来自家庭交流研究第二波（N=207，Mage=79.86）的年老父母报告了每天为每个成年子女提供和接收情感支持、实际支持和建议，为期 7 天。父母还评估了每日的积极和消极情绪。
结果
多层次模型显示，与没有遭遇问题的孩子相比，遭遇生活问题的成年子女更有可能得到年老父母的情感和实际支持。父母也更有可能从有问题的孩子那里得到情感支持和建议。此外，父母在为有问题的孩子提供实际支持的日子里报告的负面情绪较少。
讨论
考察日常支持交流增加了我们对儿童问题如何影响晚年亲子关系的理解。先前的研究表明，儿童的问题会让父母感到不安。然而，在这项研究中，似乎支持遭遇问题的成年子女可能会减轻年老父母对这些子女的困扰。
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