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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2022

How Widowhood and Gender Shape the Impact of Maternal Favoritism on Adult Children's Psychological Well-Being.

J Jill Suitor, Megan Gilligan, Reilly Kincaid, Yifei Hou, Catherine Stepniak, Siyun Peng

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Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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J Jill SuitorDepartment of Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2956-8084
Megan GilliganHuman Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, USA.
Reilly KincaidDepartment of Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8855-0001
Yifei HouDepartment of Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Catherine StepniakDepartment of Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Siyun PengDepartment of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4049-4485
Purdue University West Lafayette · USIndiana University Bloomington · USIowa State University · US

Funding

PARENT-ADULT CHILD RELATIONS: WITHIN FAMILY DIFFERENCESR01AG018869 · NIA · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI SUITOR, J. JILL · 2001 to 2011
$3.2M
Sibling Relations in the Context of Dementia Parental Care: Implications for Health and Well-Being SupplementK01AG061260 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI GILLIGAN, MEGAN · 2019 to 2023
$673k
NIA NIH HHS 1K01AG061260-01A1NIA NIH HHS K01 AG061260NIA NIH HHS R01 AG018869NIA NIH HHS RO1 AG18869-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesOur goal was to extend research on within-family differences in mother-child relations in later life by focusing on 2 social structural characteristics of mothers and offspring that may play important roles in shaping the impact of maternal favoritism on adult children's depressive symptoms-mother's marital status and child's gender.

methodsMixed-methods data were collected as part of the Within-Family Differences Study from 641 adult children nested within 273 families in which: (a) there were at least 2 living adult siblings, and (b) mothers were married or widowed.

resultsMultilevel analyses indicated that perceiving oneself as the child to whom one's mother was most emotionally close was a strong predictor of higher depressive symptoms among daughters of widowed mothers; in contrast, perceptions of favoritism did not predict depressive symptoms among sons of either widowed or married mothers, or daughters of married mothers. Qualitative analyses revealed that daughters, but not sons, of widowed mothers tended to attribute their greater closeness with their mothers to their roles as their mothers' "emotional caregivers," particularly solo caregivers, during times when mothers faced negative life events that neither they nor their children could control or ameliorate. DISCUSSION: The quantitative and qualitative findings we present underscore how social structural positions-in this case, mother's marital status and child's gender-combine with social psychological processes to shape how parent-child relations affect children's well-being in adulthood.

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Personal SatisfactionAdultAdult ChildrenAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMarriageMiddle AgedMother-Child RelationsQualitative ResearchSex FactorsUnited StatesWidowhoodIntergenerational relationsMixed methodsWithin-family differences

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PMID34192301
PMCPMC8755908
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