The intergenerational relationships of gay men and lesbian women.
The intergenerational relationships of gay men and lesbian women.
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男同性恋者和女同性恋者的代际关系。
DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbu042
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发表时间：
2014
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Reczek,Corinne
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作者：
Reczek,Corinne
目标 尽管代际关系在整个生命过程中的重要性已被证明，但很少有研究探讨男女同性恋者及其晚年父母和岳父母之间的关系。本研究探讨了亲密伴侣关系中的中年至晚年男女同性恋者如何概念化这些代际关系。方法对长期亲密伴侣关系中的中年至晚年男女同性恋者（40-72岁）收集的 50 份深度访谈进行定性分析。结果调查结果揭示了受访者描述支持性亲子关系和亲子关系的 4 种主要方式：融合、通过语言包容、社会支持和肯定。调查结果揭示了个人区分紧张的亲子关系和亲子姻亲关系的三种主要方式：日常生活中的拒绝、创伤事件和被篡夺的威胁。研究结果进一步阐明了如何通过将父母描述为同时支持（通过团结子主题）和拒绝（通过紧张子主题）来区分代际矛盾心理。 讨论 这项研究的结果提供了男女同性恋者如何识别和体验代际关系中的支持、紧张和矛盾心理的经验证据。这项研究揭示了一个新的视角来看待中年到晚年的成年人与其年迈的父母和岳父母之间的关系，并进一步确定了团结-冲突和矛盾范式之间的联系。
ObjectivesDespite the demonstrated importance of intergenerational ties across the life course, few studies examine relationships between gay men and lesbians and their later life parents and parents-in-law. The present study examines how midlife to later life gay men and lesbians in intimate partnerships conceptualize these intergenerational ties.MethodQualitative analysis of 50 in-depth interviews collected with midlife to later life gay men and lesbians (ages 40–72) in long-term intimate partnerships.ResultsFindings reveal 4 central ways respondents describe supportive parent–child and parent–child in-law relationships: integration, inclusion through language, social support, and affirmations. Findings reveal 3 central ways individuals distinguish strained parent–child and parent–child in-law relationships: rejection in everyday life, traumatic events, and the threat of being usurped. Findings further articulate how intergenerational ambivalence is distinguished through descriptions of a parent as simultaneously supportive (via subthemes of solidarity) and rejecting (via subthemes of strain).DiscussionFindings from this study provide empirical evidence of how support, strain, and ambivalence in intergenerational ties are identified and experienced by gay men and lesbian women. This study reveals a new lens to view relationships between midlife to later life adults and their aging parents and parents-in-law and further identifies linkages between solidarity–conflict and ambivalence paradigms.