Bangerter Lauren R, Polenick Courtney A, Zarit Steven H, Fingerman Karen L
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Texas, Austin.
J Fam Issues. 2018 Mar;39(4):917-930. doi: 10.1177/0192513X16683987. Epub 2016 Dec 29.
Giving support may be a stressful or rewarding experience, little is known about how family members perceive giving support amidst problems or crises. Using a sample of 226 mother-child dyads (mother mean age = 75.04; child mean age = 49.57), we examine how mothers and their middle-aged children perceive giving support in the context of life problems. Actor-partner interdependence models tested whether associations between problems and perceptions of support are moderated by frequency of support given and if associations were stronger for daughters or sons. Children perceived giving support to their mother as more stressful when they had more of their own problems and gave high levels of support. Daughters, but not sons, considered helping their mother more stressful when their mother had more problems and they gave high levels of support. Distinctions between mother-son and mother-daughter dyads demonstrate the merit of a dyadic approach to understanding mother-child relationships.
给予支持可能是一种压力重重或充满回报的经历，但对于家庭成员在面对问题或危机时如何看待给予支持，我们却知之甚少。我们以226对母子（母亲平均年龄 = 75.04岁；孩子平均年龄 = 49.57岁）为样本，研究母亲及其中年子女在生活问题背景下如何看待给予支持。行为者-伙伴相互依赖模型检验了问题与支持感知之间的关联是否受到支持给予频率的调节，以及这种关联对女儿或儿子来说是否更强。当孩子自身问题更多且给予高水平支持时，他们会觉得给予母亲支持压力更大。当母亲问题更多且女儿给予高水平支持时，女儿（而非儿子）会认为帮助母亲压力更大。母子和母女二元组之间的差异表明了采用二元方法理解母子关系的价值。
