Ambivalence theory suggests that parents experience ambivalence due to conflicting
desires to help children in need and to launch children into adulthood. This study examined …

There have been fundamental changes in the intergenerational family, and yet families
continue to be an important part of people's lives. We use the convoy model to describe the …

Extant research documents how siblings' relationships develop from childhood through
adolescence; yet, we know little about how sibling relationships change in young adulthood …

This study investigated how early,“on‐time,” and late home leavers differed in their relations
to parents in later life. A life course perspective suggested different pathways by which the …

Organized by content areas rather than by theory, this comprehensive, accessible handbook
helps readers gain greater insight into how key theories have impacted today's family …

Based on equity theory, the present study analyzes to what extent justice evaluations
mediate the effects of perceived parental differential treatment (PDT) on relationship quality …

BACKGROUND Previous research has shown that social norms have an influence on young
adults' life course transitions. However, few studies have explicitly and directly tested the …

Relationships between grandparents and grandchildren provide an excellent framework for
integrating family theory and family methodology. Systematic differences as a function of …

This review of research on close relationships in old age is informed by principles of life
span developmental psychology and life course theory in sociology. It begins with an …

This study tests two evolutionary hypotheses on grandparental investments differentiated by
the child's sex: the paternity uncertainty hypothesis and the Trivers–Willard hypothesis. Data …