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The stress of caring for a parent: effects of the elder's impairment on an employed, adult child

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Researchers examined the effects of impairment in an elderly parent on stress levels in their adult, employed, caregiving children. The survey of 1,585 employees revealed that cognitive-behavioral problems in the elderly parent creates more caregiver stress than impairment which affects daily living activities. The study also revealed that daughters experience more caregiver stress than sons, that stress is less when the elderly parent is able to give some help to the caregiver, and that there is an association between taking time off from work to help the parent and caregiver stress.

Health aspects, Care and treatment, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Aged parents, Elderly parents

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Intergenerational solidarity and the workplace: employees' caregiving for their parents

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The workplace provides one opportunity for observing solidarity between generations. A study of 958 workers in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area using the intergenerational relations model formed by V.L. Bengtson and his associates revealed that those employed by companies with family-friendly policies provided less caregiving, that workers who worked longer hourse gave more health care and that employees of larger companies had less reciprocal connections with their parents.

Behavior, Intergenerational relations

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Adolescents' plans for family formation: is parental socialization important?

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Research into intergenerational (parent-adolescent) consistency in expectations that female and male adolescents will marry, have a child by age 24, or both, is presented. Male adolescents' educational aims may have a stronger effect on their family plans than do female adolescents'.

Psychological aspects, Teenagers, Youth, Marriage, Parenthood

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