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01.09.2005 | Original Investigation

The relation between attachment and intergenerational support

verfasst von: Beate Schwarz, Gisela Trommsdorff

Erschienen in: European Journal of Ageing | Ausgabe 3/2005

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Abstract

This study investigated the relation between the internal representation of attachment and the perception of the actual exchange of intergenerational support within 100 dyads of adult daughters and their elderly mothers in Germany. Results showed relations between the daughters’ preoccupation and avoidance with their perception of receiving emotional support from their parents and providing instrumental support to them. No relations were found between the mothers’ attachment and the support they provided to the daughters. These results are discussed with respect to different conditions for emotional and instrumental support of adult daughters and their elderly mothers, and a relationship specific approach to attachment.

Support provided by the daughter was not assessed separately for father and mother

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Titel: The relation between attachment and intergenerational support
verfasst von: Beate Schwarz
Gisela Trommsdorff
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2005
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: European Journal of Ageing / Ausgabe 3/2005
Print ISSN: 1613-9372
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-9380
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-005-0005-x

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