PROBLEMS BETWEEN PARENTS AND OFFSPRING IN ADULTHOOD

描述(申请人提供)：在一个流动性增加和离婚率高的时代，父母/子女之间的关系已经成为最持久的关系之一 也是成年人生活中最重要的关系。尽管我们知道一个很棒的 谈到这场比赛的积极因素，我们对此知之甚少 子女进入幼年后，父母与子女之间的困难 成年期和父母在生命结束时身体衰退之前。这个 拟议的研究看起来像是父母和成年子女如何感知和处理 他们之间的关系出现了问题。我们探索了年龄、性别和 关系状态(父母与子女)与以下方面的差异有关 父母/成年子女关系的负面特征。 具体地说，这项研究通过观察心理社会因素来推进这一领域 与这些标记变量相关。参加者为150名三合会成员 年龄在24岁至44岁之间的后代及其母亲和父亲(n=450)， 居住在彼此相距50英里的范围内。个人面谈将是 与每一方进行，后代将参加二元访谈 和他们的母亲和父亲分开。自由选择与强制选择 问题将提供有关父母和子女的看法的信息 了解他们关系中的困难，以及他们如何应对这些困难。 在子女和他们的母亲以及他们的父母之间进行的二元访谈 父亲将提供关于父母和子女的观测数据 对他们关系中的问题的反应。此外，150名后代谁 住在离父母较远的地方会提供有关问题的信息 在他们的关系中。据推测，人们对 关系和投资中的变化关系将解释 年龄、性别和地位差异对问题的感知和反应 有问题。这项研究将提供一个更全面的肖像 成年期的亲子关系。此外，这一发现 这项研究将对心理学家、社会工作者和家庭从业者有所帮助 他们与遇到关系问题的父母和成年子女一起工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In an era of increasing mobility and high divorce rates, the parent/offspring tie has become one of the longest lasting and most important relationships in adults' lives. Although we know a great deal about positive qualities of this tie, we know surprisingly little about difficulties between parents and offspring after offspring enter young adulthood and before parents incur physical declines at the end of life. The proposed study looks a how parents and adult offspring perceive and handle problems in their relationships. We explore the ways in which age, gender, and relationship status (parent vs. offspring) are associated with differences in negative features of parent/adult offspring ties. Specifically, this study advances the field by looking at the psychosocial correlates underlying these marker variables. Participants will be 150 triads of offspring ages 24 to 44, their mothers, and their fathers (n = 450), residing within 50 miles of one another. Individual interviews will be conducted with each party, and offspring will participate in dyadic interviews with their mothers and fathers separately. Open-ended and forced-choice questions will provide information about parents' and offspring's perceptions of difficulties in their relationship and how they react to these difficulties. Dyadic interviews conducted between offspring and their mothers and their fathers will supply observational data concerning parents' and offspring's reactions to problems in their relationships. In addition, 150 offspring who reside at a distance from their parents will provide information about problems in their relationships. It is hypothesized that differences in beliefs about the relationship and variation in investment in the relationship will explain age gender, and status differences in perceptions of problems and reactions to problems. This research will provide a more comprehensive portrait of the parent/offspring relationship across adulthood. Furthermore, findings from this study will be of use to psychologists, social workers, and family practitioners who work with parents and adult offspring who encounter relationship problems.