Objectives. Studies of intergenerational relationship quality often include one or two
generations. This study examined within-family differences and similarities or transmission …

Some theories suggest that negative relationship quality decreases with age, whereas
others suggest that it remains stable. This study examined negative relationship quality over …

Objectives The role of family relationships in the lives of older adults has received
substantial attention in recent decades. Scholars have increasingly looked beyond simple …

Objective This article examines the transmission of older women's relationship quality with
their mothers and fathers to their relationship quality with their own adult children in midlife …

Purpose: Providing support to an aging parent may pose challenges to adult children but
also provide an opportunity to “give back” to loved ones. The current study investigated …

Ties to parents or grown children may be the most important social relationships in an adult's
life. Research examining intergenerational relationships has focused on three broader …

The intergenerational stake hypothesis suggests that parents are more invested in their
children and experience better quality parent–child ties than do their children. In this study …

The? developmental stake hypothesis? has been proposed for the frequent finding that
aged parents consistently report higher levels of closeness to and consensus with their …

There is some evidence that older parents and their adult children may evaluate their
relationships with each other in different ways. To date, we know little about what may …

Conceptual and empirical issues involved in the measurement of intergenerational relations
constitute a significant challenge for aging research. This manuscript reviews several of …