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Ambivalence in Later-Life Family Networks: Beyond Intergenerational Dyads
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In later life, changing conditions related to
health, partnership, and economic status may
trigger not only support but also conflict and
ambivalence, with the consequent renegotiation
of family ties. The aim of this study is
to investigate both conflict and emotional support
in the family networks of older adults,
taking the research beyond the level of intergenerational
dyads. We used a subsample of
563 elders (aged 65 years and older) from the
Swiss Vivre/Leben/Vivere survey. Multiple correspondence
analysis and in-depth case studies
were used to identify the key social conditions
that relate to the prevalence of conflicted and
supportive dyads in family networks. Findings
showed that the balance of conflict and emotional
support in older adults’ family networks
varied according to the composition of their family
network as well as their age, health, income,
and gender.
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Ambivalence Emotional support Family networks Older adults
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Citation
Girardin, M., Widmer, E. D., Connidis, I. A., Castrén A. M., Gouveia, R., Masotti, B. (2018). Ambivalence in Later? Life Family Networks: Beyond Intergenerational Dyads. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 80 (30), 768-784