Patterns of intergenerational exchange and mental health
Patterns of intergenerational exchange and mental health
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/53b.2.p86
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发表时间：
1998-03-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Eggebeen, DJ
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作者：
Davey, A;Eggebeen, DJ
过去关于代际交流的研究表明，父母和成年子女在晚年生活中仍然积极参与支持性交流。尚未研究的是代际交流模式对个人心理健康和福祉的长期重要性。使用来自全国家庭和家庭调查的两波50岁及以上成年人（N = 2237，M年龄= 62.3）的数据，我们测试了来自三种理论解释的交换模式和心理健康之间的关系的假设。我们发现了强有力的证据，证明父母和成年子女之间的权变交流在促进老年人心理健康方面的重要性。虽然接受条件交换有积极的影响，非条件给予可能会在父母和子女的生活中产生负面影响。
Past research on intergenerational exchanges suggests that parents and adult children remain vitally involved in supportive exchanges in later life. What has not been examined is the long-term importance of patterns of intergenerational exchange for individual mental health and well-being. Using data drawn from the two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households on adults aged 50 and older (N = 2237, M-Age = 62.3), we tested hypotheses derived from three theoretical explanations of the relationship between exchange patterns and psychological wellbeing. We found strong evidence for the importance of contingent exchanges between parents and adult children in promoting older adults' psychological well-being. Whereas receiving contingent exchange has positive consequences, noncontingent giving can have negative consequences around specific transitions in the lives of parents and children.