"Because they're my parents": an intergenerational study of felt obligation and parental caregiving

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The attitudes of adults toward parental obligation and caregiving were investigated. Data from an intergenerational sample of 460 young and middle-aged men and women were analyzed to examine adults' views of felt obligation as a function of generation, gender and parental status. Empirical results showed that adults with one surviving parent tend to feel more obligation to provide assistance than adults with two surviving parents. Furthermore, young adult children have higher levels of felt obligation to their parents than middle-aged adults.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Adults, Responsibility, Intergenerational relations

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Timing of parental separation and attachment to parents in adolescence: Results of a prospective study from birth to age 16

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The effects of parental separation on the quality of adolescents' attachment to parents and perception of parental care during childhood, were examined based on prospective longitudinal data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS). Exposure to parental separation was significantly linked to lower attachment to parents in adolescence, and the younger the child at time of separation, the lower their subsequent parental attachment.

Separation (Law), Marital separation

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Risk factors and life processes associated with teenage pregnancy: results of a prospective study from birth to twenty years

Article Abstract:

This article examines the relationship between parental marital instability, deviant behavior, and teenage pregnancy in New Zealand. Topics include pregnancy prevention, risk-taking behavior, family relations, and social adjustment.

New Zealand, Sexual behavior, Psychological aspects, Statistical Data Included, Risk factors, Teenage girls, Teenage pregnancy, Teenage mothers, Risk-taking (Psychology), Risk taking, Antisocial behavior, Social problems, Social adjustment

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