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KMID : 0895319980070010005
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Korean Journal of Research in Gerontology
1998 Volume.7 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.16
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Conflict , Well - Being , and Depression:Young Adults in Intergenerational Caregiving and Noncaregiving Families
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MaloneBeach, Eileen E .
DeGenova, Mary K ./Otani, Hajime
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In the present study, we compared young adult children in caregiving (n = 36) and noncaregiving families (n = 65) in the US on measures of conflict, depressive affect, and well-being. The results indicated that young adult children in caregiving families were experiencing a significantly- higher level of conflict with their caregiving parents. However, no differences were found between young adult children in caregiving and noncaregiving families on measures of well-being and depression. The results, therefore, indicated that the psychological distress common to caregivers did not spill across generations to their adult children. These findings also suggest cross-cultural examination of the conflict in caregiving; young adult in societies that are more interdependent and less focused on individual autonomy may experience different levels of conflict regarding their parents´ caregiving.
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