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Mark D Regnerus - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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parental same sex relationships family instability and subsequent life outcomes for Adult Children answering critics of the new family structures study with additional analyses
Social Science Research, 2012Co-Authors: Mark D RegnerusAbstract:The July 2012 publication of my study on the outcomes of young Adults who report parental same-sex relationship behavior raised a variety of questions about the New Family Structures Study and my analyses and interpretations of it. This follow-up article seeks to address a variety of the more common criticisms that have been raised, to offer new commentary and analyses, and to pose questions for future analysts of the NFSS and other datasets that are poised to consider how household dynamics are associated with youth and young-Adult outcomes. The new analyses I present here still reveal numerous differences between Adult Children who report maternal same-sex behavior (and residence with her partner) and those with still-married (heterosexual) biological parents. Far fewer differences appear between the former and several other groups, most notably never-married single mothers.
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how different are the Adult Children of parents who have same sex relationships findings from the new family structures study
Social Science Research, 2012Co-Authors: Mark D RegnerusAbstract:The New Family Structures Study (NFSS) is a social-science data-collection project that fielded a survey to a large, random sample of American young Adults (ages 18–39) who were raised in different types of family arrangements. In this debut article of the NFSS, I compare how the young-Adult Children of a parent who has had a same-sex romantic relationship fare on 40 different social, emotional, and relational outcome variables when compared with six other family-of-origin types. The results reveal numerous, consistent differences, especially between the Children of women who have had a lesbian relationship and those with still-married (heterosexual) biological parents. The results are typically robust in multivariate contexts as well, suggesting far greater diversity in lesbian-parent household experiences than convenience-sample studies of lesbian families have revealed. The NFSS proves to be an illuminating, versatile dataset that can assist family scholars in understanding the long reach of family structure and transitions.
John Giles - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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can china s rural elderly count on support from Adult Children implications of rural to urban migration
Journal of Population Ageing, 2010Co-Authors: John Giles, Dewen Wang, Changbao ZhaoAbstract:This paper shows that support from the family continues to be an important source of support for the rural elderly, particularly the rural elderly over 70 years of age. Decline in likelihood of co-residence with, or in close proximity to, Adult Children raises the possibility that China's rural elderly will receive less support in the forms of both income and in-kind instrumental care. Although descriptive evidence on net financial transfers suggests that the elderly with migrant Children will receive similar levels of financial transfers as those without migrant Children, the predicted variance associated with these transfers implies a higher risk that elderly with migrant Children may fall into poverty. Reducing the risk of low incomes among the elderly is one important motive for new rural pension initiatives supported by China's government, which are scheduled to be expanded to cover all rural counties by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan in 2016.
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elderly parent health and the migration decisions of Adult Children evidence from rural china
Demography, 2007Co-Authors: John GilesAbstract:Recent research has shown that participation in migrant labor markets has led to substantial increases in income for families in rural China. This article addresses the question of how participation is affected by elderly parent health. We find that younger Adults are less likely to work as migrants when a parent is ill. Poor health of an elderly parent has less impact on the probability of employment as a migrant when an Adult child has siblings who may be available to provide care. We also highlight the potential importance of including information on nonresident family members when studying how parent illness and elder care requirements influence the labor supply decisions of Adult Children.
Silvia Sorensen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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spouses Adult Children and Children in law as caregivers of older Adults a meta analytic comparison
Psychology and Aging, 2011Co-Authors: Martin Pinquart, Silvia SorensenAbstract:The present meta-analysis integrates the results from 168 empirical studies on differences between caregiving spouses, Adult Children, and Children-in-law. Spouses differ from Children and Children-in-law significantly with regard to sociodemographic variables; also, they provide more support but report fewer care recipient behavior problems. Spouse caregivers report more depression symptoms, greater financial and physical burden, and lower levels of psychological well-being. Higher levels of psychological distress among spouses are explained mostly—but not completely—by higher levels of care provision. Few differences emerge between Children and Children-in-law, but Children-in-law perceive the relationship with the care recipient as less positive and they report fewer uplifts of caregiving.
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influences of socioeconomic status social network and competence on subjective well being in later life a meta analysis
Psychology and Aging, 2000Co-Authors: Martin Pinquart, Silvia SorensenAbstract:Meta-analysis is used to synthesize findings from 286 empirical studies on the association of socioeconomic status (SES), social network, and competence with subjective well-being (SWB) in the elderly. All three aspects of life circumstances are positively associated with SWB. Income is correlated more strongly with well-being than is education. The quality of social contacts shows stronger associations with SWB than does the quantity of social contacts. Whereas having contact with friends is more strongly related to SWB than having contact with Adult Children, there are higher associations between life satisfaction and quality of contact with Adult Children when compared with quality of friendships. Moderating influences of gender and age on the effects of SES, social network, and competence on SWB are also investigated.
Changbao Zhao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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can china s rural elderly count on support from Adult Children implications of rural to urban migration
Journal of Population Ageing, 2010Co-Authors: John Giles, Dewen Wang, Changbao ZhaoAbstract:This paper shows that support from the family continues to be an important source of support for the rural elderly, particularly the rural elderly over 70 years of age. Decline in likelihood of co-residence with, or in close proximity to, Adult Children raises the possibility that China's rural elderly will receive less support in the forms of both income and in-kind instrumental care. Although descriptive evidence on net financial transfers suggests that the elderly with migrant Children will receive similar levels of financial transfers as those without migrant Children, the predicted variance associated with these transfers implies a higher risk that elderly with migrant Children may fall into poverty. Reducing the risk of low incomes among the elderly is one important motive for new rural pension initiatives supported by China's government, which are scheduled to be expanded to cover all rural counties by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan in 2016.
Corinna Bergelt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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psychometric properties of the parenting concerns questionnaire in cancer survivors with minor and young Adult Children
Psycho-oncology, 2016Co-Authors: Laura Inhestern, Johanna Christine Bultmann, Volker Beierlein, Birgit Moller, Georg Romer, Anna C Muriel, Cynthia Moore, Uwe Koch, Corinna BergeltAbstract:Objective Although cancer patients with minor Children have become more of a focus of psycho-oncological research, little is known about specific parenting concerns. Instruments to assess the concerns and worries of parents with cancer are rare. The Parenting Concerns Questionnaire (PCQ) addresses this issue. We analyzed parenting concerns in cancer survivors and evaluated the German version of the PCQ. Methods A total of 1416 cancer survivors with minor and young Adult Children (≤21 years) were recruited in a register-based study. Descriptive analyses as well as reliability and validity analyses were conducted. We performed a confirmatory factorial analysis of the factor structure proposed by the authors of the original version on the PCQ. Results Seventy-three percent of the cancer survivors were women, average age was 47.5 years (SD 5.9). Mean time since diagnosis was 44 months (SD 23.4). Between 18 and 31% of survivors reported that they were concerned about their Children. The PCQ proved to be a reliable and valid instrument showing medium correlations with standardized measures in expected directions and discriminating between survivors with and without use of psychosocial support services. The factor structure was supported by the confirmatory factorial analysis. Conclusions Assessing parenting concerns gives an additional insight into the situation of parents with cancer. In our sample of cancer survivors, we identified one out of three survivors being concerned regarding the impact of their illness on their Children. The PCQ can be considered as a valid and reliable instrument with regard to identifying concerned parents with cancer. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
