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Tag: intergenerational
Intergenerational and digital solidarity: Associations with depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract Objective We aimed to explore dyadic latent classes of intergenerational solidarity with digital communication (texting, video call, and social media interaction) among older parent and adult child pairs during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether derived dyadic latent classes were…
Parental absence during childhood and intergenerational solidarity in adulthood in China
Abstract Objective We aim to examine whether having been separated from parents during childhood influences multiple dimensions of intergenerational solidarity during adulthood. Background In developing countries, many children experience geographic separation from one or both parents due to parental out-migration.…
Gendered patterns of intergenerational contact in Korea: Transitions from young-old to middle-old
Abstract Objective To identify changes over time in gendered patterns of intergenerational contact between older adults and their adult children in an Asian context. Background Patterns of contact between older adults and their adult children have strong implications for older…
Two-Thirds of U.S. Adults Receive Parental Support Into Their 40s
A new study finds that only a third of adults in the United States did not rely on their parents for some form of material support between their late teens and early 40s.
Adult children with college degrees influence parents’ health in later life
Having no children who completed college is negatively associated with parents’ self-rated health and positively associated with depressive symptoms. Additionally, among parents with the highest propensity for having no children who complete college, the consequences on depressive symptoms are greatest.
A brighter future for victims of child abuse and neglect
Victims of child abuse suffer enormous immediate and long-term consequences, with impacts extending beyond individuals and across generations. Preventing child abuse and neglect is imperative, yet not enough is known about pathways into child maltreatment and how these can be disrupted.
Now, researchers at the University of South Australia are breaching this gap by investigating predictors of child maltreatment and the factors that contribute to better or worse outcomes for victims and their children.
Ageism reduced by education, intergenerational contact
ITHACA, N.Y. – Researchers at Cornell University have shown for the first time that it is possible to reduce ageist attitudes, prejudices and stereotypes through education and intergenerational contact. Ageism is the most socially acceptable prejudice on the planet, according…