The Roles of Gray Divorce and Subsequent Repartnering for Parent-Adult Child Relationships.
The Roles of Gray Divorce and Subsequent Repartnering for Parent-Adult Child Relationships.
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灰色离婚和随后的重新伴侣在父母与成人子女关系中的作用。
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10.1093/geronb/gbab139
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2022
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Mellencamp,KaganA
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Lin,I-Fen;Brown,SusanL;Mellencamp,KaganA
目的离婚现在在晚年生活中很普遍，但关于老年人和他们的成年子女在灰色离婚后会有什么反应，我们知之甚少。本研究以生命历程为指导，从父母的角度考察了灰色离婚和随后的伴侣关系对亲子关系的影响。方法利用1998-2014年美国健康与退休研究的纵向数据，我们估计了成长曲线模型，比较了灰色离婚之前、期间和之后父亲和母亲与成年子女的频繁接触和经济支持。结果灰色离婚和重新伴侣对父亲-父母-成年子女关系的影响不同。离婚后，父亲与成年子女的频繁接触减少了，但对成年子女的经济支持增加了。父亲的重新伴侣关系对与孩子的频繁接触产生了持久的负面影响。灰色离婚并没有改变母亲对成年子女的经济支持，实际上增加了母亲和成年子女之间的互动，因为离婚后频繁接触的几率翻了一番。夫妻关系对母亲与成年子女的关系没有明显的影响。讨论我们的研究结果与之前的研究一致，研究表明离婚在我们的亲属关系系统中造成了母体焦点的倾斜。父母-成年子女关系因灰色离婚和重新伴侣而发生的变化引发了这样一个问题：随着年龄的增长，灰色离婚的父母是否能够依靠他们的成年子女来照顾他们。
ObjectivesDivorce is now widespread in later life, yet little is known about how older adults and their adult children respond in the aftermath of gray divorce. Guided by the life course perspective, this study examines the consequences of gray divorce and subsequent repartnering for parent–adult child relationships from the parent’s perspective.MethodsUsing longitudinal data from the 1998–2014 Health and Retirement Study in the United States, we estimated growth curve models to compare fathers’ and mothers’ frequent contact with and financial support to their adult children prior to, during, and following gray divorce.ResultsGray divorce and repartnering had disparate effects on father– versus mother–adult child relationships. Following a divorce, fathers’ frequent contact with their adult children decreased but financial support to their adult children increased. Fathers’ repartnering had an enduring negative effect on frequent contact with their children. Gray divorce did not alter mothers’ financial support to adult children and it actually increased interaction between mothers and adult children as the odds of frequent contact doubled upon divorce. Repartnering had no appreciable effects on mothers’ relationships with their adult children.DiscussionThe results of our study are consistent with prior research showing that divorce creates a matrifocal tilt in our kinship system. The shifting dynamics of parent–adult child relationships in response to gray divorce and repartnering raise questions about whether gray-divorced parents will be able to rely on their adult children for care as they age.