Pathways of Adult Children Providing Care to Older Parents

Autor/in	Barnett, Amanda E.
Titel	Pathways of Adult Children Providing Care to Older Parents
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 75 (2013) 1, S.178-190 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
Schlagwörter	Parents; Older Adults; Caregivers; Role; Marital Status; Employment Level; Individual Characteristics; Predictor Variables; Parent Child Relationship; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Educational Attainment; Income; Social Support Groups; Mental Health; Family Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Eltern; Älterer Erwachsener; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Rollen; Familienstand; Beschäftigungsgrad; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Prädiktor; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Einkommen; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Psychohygiene; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem
Abstract	Guided by life course and stress process theory, this study investigated pathways of adult child caregivers' family (caregiving, marital, parenting) and nonfamily (employment) roles. Eight waves of data from the Health and Retirement Study were analyzed for 1,300 adult child caregivers. Latent class analysis provided strong evidence for a 4-class model of caregivers' role pathways. The four pathways were (a) Not-Married, Early-Transition to Not-Working Caregivers (34%), (b) Married, Not-Working Caregivers (26%), (c) Married, Late-Transition to Not-Working Caregivers (23%), and (d) Married, Not-Working Caregivers with Coresiding Child (17%). Caregivers' background characteristics and contexts predicted pathway membership. Adult child caregivers have structurally diverse life pathways that have implications for theory, research, and practice. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10