Obligations to stepparents acquired in later life: Relationship quality and acuity of needs
Obligations to stepparents acquired in later life: Relationship quality and acuity of needs
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/61.2.s80
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发表时间：
2006-03-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Coleman, Marilyn
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作者：
Ganong, Lawrence;Coleman, Marilyn
目标.本研究的目的是探讨成年子女对年长的继父母或再婚父母的责任观念。我们还调查了关系质量和需求的敏锐度对父母和继父母的责任感的影响。我们从美国各地获得了487名男性和571名女性的样本，采用多级概率抽样设计，使用随机数字拨号的电话号码。我们向受访者展示了一个多段的小插曲，其中成年人之间的关系类型（即，父母子女或继父母继子女），关系质量和老人的需要的敏锐度是随机变化的。受访者指出，年轻人应该给老年人多少帮助，年轻人有多大义务帮助老年人。另外。我们向受访者提出开放式问题，询问他们对代际帮助的判断的基本原理。对父母的责任感大于对继父母的责任感。关系质量和需要的敏锐度也与义务信念有关。一般来说，后父后母不被视为家庭成员，因此家庭义务的规范不适用于他们。
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to examine beliefs about responsibilities of an adult child to an older stepparent or parent who has remarried later in life. We also investigated the effects of relationship quality and acuity of needs on perceived responsibilities to parents and stepparents.Methods. We obtained a sample of 487 men and 571 women from across the United States by using a multistage probability sampling design that used random-digit dialing of telephone numbers. We presented respondents with a multiple-segment vignette in which the type of relationship between the adults (i.e., parent-child or stepparent stepchild), the relationship quality, and the acuity of the older person's need were randomly varied. Respondents indicated how much help the younger adult should give the older person and how obligated the younger adult was to help the older person. In addition. we asked respondents open-ended questions about the rationale for their judgments about intergenerational helping.Results. Perceived responsibilities to parents were greater than responsibilities to stepparents. Relationship quality and acuity of need were also related to obligation beliefs.Discussion. Stepparents acquired later in life generally are not seen as family members, and thus norms of family obligations do not apply to them.