Research Catalog

Title

Adult intergenerational relations : effects of societal change / Vern L. Bengtson, K. Warner Schaie, Linda M. Burton, editors.

Publication

New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bengtson, Vern L.
• Schaie, K. Warner (Klaus Warner), 1928-
• Burton, Linda, 1954-

Description

xi, 324 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Intergenerational relationships in adulthood frequently undergo significant change due to the impact of societal factors. The editors of this volume have assembled impressive contributions from specialist in aging research and include chapters on changing demographics, intergenerational change in rural setting, cross-cultural issues, environmental factors, and longitudinal studies.

Subject

• Aging
• Intergenerational relations
• Aging
• Intergenerational Relations
• Intergenerational relations
• Generationsbeziehung
• Erwachsener
• Kongress
• Ouder-kind-relaties
• Volwassenen
• Ouderen
• Aging > United States > Congresses
• Intergenerational relations > United States > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• The demography of changing intergenerational relationships / Janice I. Farkas, Dennis P. Hogan -- Demographic influences on intergenerational relationships / Peter Uhlenberg -- Beanpole or beanstalk? Comments on "The demography of changing intergenerational relations" / Judith Treas -- Intergenerational continuity and change in rural America / Glen H. Elder, Jr., Laura Rudkin, Rand D. Conger -- Disruptive events and the life course / John Myles and Susan Morgan -- Rural families as a model for intergenerational transmission / Martin Kohli -- Intergenerational patterns of providing care in African-American families with teenage childbearers : emergent patterns in an ethnographic study / Linda M. Burton -- Intergenerational support within African-American families : concepts and methods / Linda M. Chatters and Rukmalie Jayakody -- Kindred and kin : the first and last source of support ; Kinship and individuation : cross-cultural perspectives on intergenerational relations / Christine L. Fry.
• Culture, social-structure and intergenerational role relationships : general observations and the case of Japan / Carmi Schooler -- Cultural comparison and intergenerational relations / David I. Kertzer -- Perceived family environments across generations / K. Warner Schaie and Sherry L. Willis -- Generational shifts in family environments : perceived and real? / Christopher Hertzog -- The life-course approach to perceived family environments / John C. Henretta -- The "intergenerational stake" hypothesis revisited : parent-child differences in perceptions of relationships 20 years later / Roseann Giarrusso, Michael Stallings, Vern L. Bengtson -- Wanted : alternative theory and analysis modes / Alice S. Rossi -- A finding in search of an interpretation : discussion of "The intergenerational stake hypothesis revisited" / Victor W. Marshall -- A response to Rossi / Roseann Giarrusso [and others] -- Afterword : six controversies in current research on adult intergenerational relationships / Vern L. Bengtson.

ISBN

• 0826185606
• 9780826185600

LCCN

94017759

OCLC

• ocm30544266
• 30544266
• SCSB-2035254

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library