The relationship between mother and daughter is unlike other family dyads and important to
both parties over a lifespan. One underexplored area of this relationship is how adult …

Research on the mother-daughter relationship in adulthood thus far has largely neglected
the young adult years, a time when daughters' role acquisitions (eg, getting married) likely …

This study explores the mother-daughter relationship by examining daughters' constructions
of the mother-daughter relationship in adulthood. Using the guiding concepts of symbolic …

This research examines the impact of a daughter's transitions to marriage and motherhood
on the mother-daughter relationship. Forty-three daughters (married with and without …

This qualitative study explores mother—adult daughter relationships through in-depth,
individual interviews with 24 adult daughters and their mothers (N= 48). Using a life-course …

This book provides analyses of many aspects of mother-daughter relationships, starting from
the premise that daughters and mothers both take an active part in shaping their …

This article uses quantitative and qualitative data from 424 mothers' relationships with 1,494
adult children to explore gender differences in mothers' choices of children as sources of …

Until recently, adult daughter-parent relationships have received little research attention.
This study examined the quality of experiences adult daughters (N= 308) have in their …

Using a three-item index of" maternal rapport," perceived relationships to mothers of 171
women ages 35-55 were examined, for the sample as a whole and for six subgroups who …

This paper reports on two studies into the images of motherhood held by young females. In
Study 1, we attempted to uncover general conceptual dimensions by which young Dutch …