The Transition to Parent Care: Costs, Commitments, and Caregiver Selection Among Children
The Transition to Parent Care: Costs, Commitments, and Caregiver Selection Among Children
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DOI：
10.1111/jomf.12099
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发表时间：
2014-04-01
影响因子：
6
通讯作者：
Engelhardt, Henriette
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作者：
Leopold, Thomas;Raab, Marcel;Engelhardt, Henriette
这项研究纵向跟踪了成年子女的照顾者选择过程，调查了兄弟姐妹群体中先前的照看成本和承诺对过渡到父母照看的影响。作者使用了健康与退休研究的6波(1998-2008)数据，选择了一个家庭样本(N=641名父母，N=2,452名亲子二人组)，在这些家庭中，他们观察到至少有1名成年子女成为以前自给自足的父母的照顾者。在与成本有关的因素中，这种过渡主要是由于兄弟姐妹之间的差异--以前与父母的地理距离不同，其次是工作和家庭领域的竞争需求。照看承诺的指标显示了互惠、路径依赖和父母期望作为影响成年子女照料者选择过程的激励力量的重要性。性别效应揭示了母女关系的至高无上，因为女儿只在过渡到母亲照顾的过程中才有过多的代表。
This research traced the process of caregiver selection among adult children longitudinally, investigating how transitions to parent care were influenced by previous constellations of caregiving costs and commitments within sibling groups. The authors used data from 6 waves (1998-2008) of the Health and Retirement Study, selecting a sample of families (N = 641 parents comprising N = 2,452 parent-child dyads) in which they observed at least 1 adult child becoming a caregiver to a previously self-sufficient parent. Among cost-related factors, this transition was predicted primarily by between-sibling differences in previous geographical distances to the parent and, to a lesser extent, competing demands in work and family spheres. The indicators for caregiving commitments showed the importance of reciprocity, path dependency, and parental expectations as motivational forces affecting the process of caregiver selection among adult children. Gender effects revealed the primacy of the mother-daughter tie, as daughters were overrepresented only in transitions to mother care.