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The Impact of Parent Care on Marital Quality and Well-Being in Adult Daughters and Sons

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  • Jamila Bookwala

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This study prospectively examined the long-term impact of providing parent care using data from a probability-based U.S. sample of adult daughters and sons who had varying parent care experiences over time (N = 716). Parent care × Gender × Time mixed multivariate analyses of covariance using marital quality and well-being indicators as outcomes showed that, on average, experienced caregivers reported less marital happiness, more marital role inequity, and greater hostility than recent adult child caregivers. Significant three-way interactions indicated that experienced and recent caregiving daughters, respectively, showed an increase over time in depressive symptomatology and long-term depression, whereas their male counterparts showed a decline over the same period. Findings are discussed in terms of gender differences in the relative applicability of the wear-and-tear versus adaptation models of caregiving outcomes. Copyright 2009, Oxford University Press.

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  • Jamila Bookwala, 2009. "The Impact of Parent Care on Marital Quality and Well-Being in Adult Daughters and Sons," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 64(3), pages 339-347.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:64b:y:2009:i:3:p:339-347
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