ArticleJournal of marriage and the family2016
Greedy Spouse, Needy Parent: The Marital Dynamics of Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Intergenerational Caregivers.
Article in Journal of marriage and the family, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Psychological Distress Transmission in Same-sex and Different-sex Marriages.Journal of health and social behavior · 2019Article
- Sex in Midlife: Women's Sexual Experiences in Lesbian and Straight Marriages.Journal of marriage and the family · 2019Article
- Intergenerational Caregivers of Parents With End-Stage Heart Failure.Research and theory for nursing practice · 2018Article
- Marriage, Social Control, and Health Behavior: A Dyadic Analysis of Same-sex and Different-sex Couples.Journal of health and social behavior · 2018Article
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Abstract
It is well established that married heterosexual women do more intergenerational caregiving for aging parents and parents-in-law than married heterosexual men do. However, gay men and lesbian women's recent access to marriage presents new questions about the gendered marital dynamics of intergenerational caregiving. We use dyadic data with gay, lesbian, and heterosexual spouses to examine the marital dynamics of intergenerational caregivers. Results show that gay and lesbian spouses provided intensive time and emotional support for an intergenerational caregiver. In contrast, heterosexual women described their intergenerational caregiving as rarely supported and at times even undermined by their spouse. Dyadic data on heterosexual men corroborate women's accounts; heterosexual men rarely reported providing intergenerational caregiving, and thus heterosexual women rarely described providing spousal support. These findings provide new insight into the intermingled roles of "greedy" marriages and "needy" parents, wherein marital negotiations around caregiving vary by gender for gay, lesbian, and heterosexual marital dyads.
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