Mothers' and Fathers' Perceptions of Change and Continuity in their Relationships with Young Adult Sons and Daughters

Autor/inn/en	Proulx, Christine M.; Helms, Heather M.
Titel	Mothers' and Fathers' Perceptions of Change and Continuity in their Relationships with Young Adult Sons and Daughters
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 29 (2008) 2, S.234-261 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X07307855
Schlagwörter	Adolescent Development; Mothers; Daughters; Young Adults; Parent Child Relationship; Content Analysis; Gender Differences; Fathers; Interviews; Longitudinal Studies; Feedback (Response); Individual Development; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Inhaltsanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Guided by contemporary feminist revisions of individual theories on adolescent development, interviews with 142 parent dyads were conducted to better understand the variation in mothers' and fathers' perceptions of changes and continuities in their relationships with their firstborn young adult sons and daughters. A between-families content analysis of parents' responses revealed that the most salient issues were firstborns' independence, contact and time spent together, and role patterns. Several gendered patterns emerged, suggesting that mothers and fathers might differentially relate to their daughters and sons. However, a within-family analysis of parental dyads' responses challenges previously held beliefs about gender differences and suggests few gendered differences emerge when considering responses from both parents within the same family. Implications for future research on parent-child relationships are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10