Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Department of Curriculum & Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2024 Jan 1;79(1). doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbad160.
The parent-child relationship is one of the most long-lasting relationships in human life. Such relationship is particularly adaptive during public health emergencies that threaten human life. However, few studies have examined the effects of daily exchanges in support between aging parents and adult children on the relationship quality during public health emergencies. Using data collected during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, we examined the relationship between daily support and relationship quality among middle-aged and older mothers and adult children.
Seventy-seven dyads of middle-aged and older mothers (age range: 44-80 years, Mage = 53.78, SDage = 9.57) and adult children (age range: 18-54 years, Mage = 26.61, SDage = 9.46) participated in the study. They reported their daily exchanges with the other (i.e., support they had received from and given to each other) and daily relationship quality (i.e., relationship satisfaction and trust) each day for 14 consecutive days.
The perception of being underbenefited on Day N was associated with daily relationship satisfaction on the concurrent day in children but not mothers. It was associated with daily trust toward the relationship partner in both mothers and children on Day N. Both providing and receiving more support on Day N was associated with better relationship satisfaction for both mothers and children on Day N. Only receiving (not providing) more support on Day N was associated with greater trust toward the partner on Day N for both mothers and children. The time-lagged associations were not significant.
The findings highlight the importance of daily reciprocity and daily support exchanges on relationship quality during a public health emergency.
亲子关系是人类一生中最持久的关系之一。在威胁人类生命的公共卫生紧急情况下，这种关系尤其具有适应性。然而，很少有研究探讨父母与成年子女之间日常支持的交流对公共卫生紧急情况下关系质量的影响。利用 2019 年冠状病毒病大流行期间收集的数据，我们检验了中年和老年母亲与成年子女之间日常支持与关系质量之间的关系。
77 对中年和老年母亲（年龄范围：44-80 岁，Mage=53.78，SDage=9.57）和成年子女（年龄范围：18-54 岁，Mage=26.61，SDage=9.46）参与了这项研究。他们在 14 天的连续时间内，每天报告他们与对方的日常交流（即他们彼此之间收到的和给予的支持）和每天的关系质量（即关系满意度和信任度）。
第 N 天感知到的受益不足与第 N 天儿童的日常关系满意度相关，但与母亲无关。第 N 天，它与母亲和子女对关系伴侣的日常信任相关。第 N 天提供和接收更多的支持与第 N 天母亲和子女的关系满意度更好相关。第 N 天仅接收（不提供）更多的支持与第 N 天母亲和子女对伴侣的信任度更高相关。时滞关联不显著。
研究结果强调了在公共卫生紧急情况下日常互惠和日常支持交流对关系质量的重要性。
