Solidarity-conflict and ambivalence: Testing two conceptual frameworks and their impact on quality of life for older family members
Solidarity-conflict and ambivalence: Testing two conceptual frameworks and their impact on quality of life for older family members
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/62.2.s100
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发表时间：
2007-03-01
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6.2
通讯作者：
Lowenstein, Ariela
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作者：
Lowenstein, Ariela
目标。本研究的目的是利用比较的跨国数据，对成年后期亲子关系的两种主要概念化-代际团结-冲突和矛盾范式-及其对老年人生活质量的预测效度进行实证检验。数据来自五国绿洲研究(老年和自治：服务系统的作用和代际家庭团结；挪威、英国、德国、西班牙和以色列)的2064名老年人(75岁及以上)的样本。多因素和块回归模型估计了家庭动力学的两种概念化对农村生活质量控制、个人特征和日常生活功能的预测性。描述性分析表明，家庭团结，特别是情感/认知部分(称为团结A)，在所有五个国家都很高，而冲突和矛盾心理很低。当我将所有这三个概念都输入回归团结A时，互惠的代际支持和矛盾心理预测了生活质量。控制日常生活活动功能、社会经济地位和国家，代际关系只有很弱的解释能力，个人资源解释了大部分差异。数据表明，这三个结构同时存在，但以不同的组合，证实了在跨文化背景下，家庭凝聚力占主导地位，尽管冲突和矛盾程度较低。团结的结构证明了相对稳健的衡量标准。需要做更多的工作来加强矛盾心理的测量。
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to Lest empirically two major conceptualizations of parent-child relations in later adulthood-intergenerational solidarity-conflict and ambivalence paradigms-and their predictive validity on elders' quality of life using comparative cross-national data.Methods. Data were from a sample of 2,064 elders (aged 75 and older) from the five-country OASIS study (Old Age and Autonomy: The Role of Service Systems and Intergenerational Family Solidarity; Norway, England, Germany, Spain, and Israel). Multivariate and block-recursive regression models estimated the predictivity of the two conceptualizations of family dynamics on quality of life controlling for country, personal characteristics, and activity of daily living functioning.Results. Descriptive analyses indicated that family solidarity, especially the affective/cognitive component (called Solidarity A), was high in all five countries, whereas conflict and ambivalence were low. When I entered all three constructs into the regression Solidarity A, reciprocal intergenerational support and ambivalence predicted quality of life. Controlling for activity of daily living functioning, socioeconomics status, and country, intergenerational relations had only a weak explanatory power, and personal resources explained most of the variance.Discussion. The data suggest that the three constructs exist simultaneously but in varying combinations, confirming that in cross-cultural contexts family cohesion predominates, albeit with low degrees of conflict and ambivalence. The solidarity construct evidenced relatively robust measurement. More work is required to enhance the ambivalence measurement.