PARENT-ADULT CHILD RELATIONS: WITHIN FAMILY DIFFERENCES

描述（改编自研究者摘要）：拟定研究将 调查家庭内部在以后生活中亲子关系的差异。 将对600名母亲进行有代表性的抽样采访 年龄在65岁至75岁之间，居住在波士顿地区，他们的丈夫， 可利用的，和所有的成年子女在家庭中。非裔美国人将成为 过度采样。这项研究将调查成年儿童在多大程度上 同一个家庭与年迈父母的关系不同， 解释这些差异的因素。主要的研究问题是：1）什么 是父母与成年子女关系中家庭内部差异的程度， 晚年的家庭2)家庭内部差异的决定因素是什么 在亲子关系上将检查三组预测因子， 关系质量的决定因素：亲子地位相似性; 发展历史;以及交换和股权特征。这项研究将 关注家庭内部差异的影响，而不是个体差异 每个孩子的结构和发展特点。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from Investigator's abstract): The proposed study will investigate within-family differences in parent-child relations in later life. Interviews will be conducted with a representative sample of 600 mothers between the ages of 65 and 75 living in the Boston area, their husbands, if available, and all the adult children in the family. African Americans will be over sampled. The study will examine the degree to which adult children in the same family differ in their relationships with elderly parents, as well as the factors explaining these differences. The major research questions are: 1) what is the extent of within-family differences in parent-adult child relations in later-life families? 2) What are the determinants of within-family differences in parent-child relations? Three sets of predictors will be examined as determinants of relationship quality: status similarity of parent and child; developmental history; and exchange and equity characteristics. The study will focus on the effects of within-family differences rather than individual structural and developmental characteristics of each child.