Relationships Between the Elderly and Their Adult Children

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The affective quality of relationships between noninstitutionalized white, elderly (65 +) parents andtheir adult (21 +) children was explored through interviews with 54 parent-child pairs. Of the four lifeareas (health, finances, living environment, and attitude toward aging) which had been identified aspotentially relevant to the affective quality of the parent-child relationships, both the health and the attitude toward aging indicator were found to be statistically significantly related to the family relationshipindicator when a multiple regression technique was used to analyze the data of the elderlyparent-adult child pairs. In addition to providing preliminary empirical evidence regarding the correlatesof the affective quality of elderly parent-adult child relationships, the results are seen as the firststepin developing both self-help and professional intervention strategies for improvement of those relationships.

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