Emotional support from parents early in life, aging, and health.

BA Shaw, N Krause, LM Chatters, CM Connell… - Psychology and …, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
The purpose of this study is to estimate the relationship between receiving emotional
support from parents early in life and an individual's health in adulthood. Analysis of data …

Does intergenerational social support influence the psychological well-being of older parents? The contingencies of declining health and widowhood

M Silverstein, VL Bengtson - Social science & medicine, 1994 - Elsevier
This study investigates whether social support from adult children improves the
psychological well-being of elderly parents. Support is studied as a direct influence on …

The complex nature of family support across the life span: Implications for psychological well-being.

HR Fuller-Iglesias, NJ Webster… - Developmental …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examines the complex role of family networks in shaping adult psychological well-
being over time. We examine the unique and interactive longitudinal influences of family …

How adult children influence older parents' mental health: Integrating stress-process and life-course perspectives

MA Milkie, A Bierman… - Social psychology …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, we integrate insights from the life-course and stress-process perspectives to
argue that adult children's negative treatment of parents, as well as negative events that …

Social support and grandparent caregiver health: One-year longitudinal findings for grandparents raising their grandchildren

B Hayslip Jr, H Blumenthal… - Journals of Gerontology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. The role of social support in predicting health among grandparents raising
grandchildren was explored among 86 grandparent caregivers assessed twice over a 1 …

Family relationships, social support and subjective life expectancy

CE Ross, J Mirowsky - Journal of health and social behavior, 2002 - JSTOR
Do supportive personal relationships increase subjective life expectancy? The objective
existence of family relationships and the subjective sense of having someone to call on in …

Perceptions of parental caring predict health status in midlife: a 35-year follow-up of the Harvard Mastery of Stress Study

LG Russek, GE Schwartz - Psychosomatic Medicine, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Objective This study examined how the perception of parental caring, obtained from
undergraduates, relates to subsequent health over the ensuing 35 years. Methods In the …

Too much of a good thing? Intergenerational social support and the psychological well-being of older parents

M Silverstein, X Chen, K Heller - Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1996 - JSTOR
We propose that, although moderate amounts of intergenerational support are beneficial to
older adults, excessive support received from adult children and provided to children may be …

Developmental relations between perceived social support and depressive symptoms through emerging adulthood: blood is thicker than water.

JW Pettit, RE Roberts, PM Lewinsohn… - Journal of family …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Longitudinal trajectories of depressive symptoms, perceived support from family, and
perceived support from friends were examined among 816 emerging adults (480 women; …

Social support through the life course.

R Schulz, MT Rau - 1985 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract examine and discuss selectively the literature on social support through the life
course/the following guidelines were used to focus our discussion: 1. because the nature of …