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Intergenerational Support and Marital Satisfaction: Implications of Beliefs About Helping Aging Parents
dc.contributor.authorPolenick, Courtney A.
dc.contributor.authorZarit, Steven H.
dc.contributor.authorBirditt, Kira S.
dc.contributor.authorBangerter, Lauren R.
dc.contributor.authorSeidel, Amber J.
dc.contributor.authorFingerman, Karen L.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-10T19:08:22Z
dc.date.available2018-04-02T18:03:23Zen
dc.date.issued2017-02
dc.identifier.citationPolenick, Courtney A.; Zarit, Steven H.; Birditt, Kira S.; Bangerter, Lauren R.; Seidel, Amber J.; Fingerman, Karen L. (2017). "Intergenerational Support and Marital Satisfaction: Implications of Beliefs About Helping Aging Parents." Journal of Marriage and Family 79(1): 131-146.
dc.identifier.issn0022-2445
dc.identifier.issn1741-3737
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/135490
dc.description.abstractEveryday support given to aging parents is a salient aspect of married life that may have implications for marital quality. Among 132 middle‐aged couples drawn from Wave 1 of the Family Exchanges Study, the authors examined the moderating effects of each spouse’s normative and motivational beliefs about helping parents on associations between the frequency of everyday support that wives and husbands gave to their own parents and marital satisfaction. Husbands’ more frequent provision of support was linked to wives’ greater marital satisfaction when reports of personal rewards linked to helping parents were high for wives or low for husbands. Conversely, wives’ more frequent provision of support was linked to husbands’ lower marital satisfaction when reports of filial obligation were low for husbands or high for wives. Findings highlight the interdependence within couples and indicate that both spouses’ perceptions are important in understanding linkages between intergenerational support and marital satisfaction.
dc.publisherWiley Subscription Services, Inc
dc.subject.othersocial support
dc.subject.othercouples
dc.subject.otherintergenerational relationships
dc.subject.othermarital quality
dc.subject.othermarriage
dc.subject.otherparent–child relationships
dc.titleIntergenerational Support and Marital Satisfaction: Implications of Beliefs About Helping Aging Parents
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychiatry
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelFamily Medicine and Specialties
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/135490/1/jomf12334_am.pdf
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jomf.12334
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Marriage and Family
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