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The role of attachment in current and future parent caregiving

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posted on 2010-09-01, 00:00 authored by Gery KarantzasGery Karantzas, L Evans, M Foddy
Few studies have investigated how attachment bonds between older parents and their adult children influence adult children’s provision of care and older parents’ seeking of support from kin. The aim of this study was to investigate how the attachment orientations of adult children (N = 119) and older parents (N = 148) predict family caregiving and perceptions of carer burden. Across both samples (that were unrelated), attachment dimensions were associated with current and future caregiving and care receiving and perceptions of carer burden, even when accounting for demographic variables, parental dependence and filial obligation. Specifically, attachment avoidance was associated negatively with adult children’s future care of parents and positively with burden. In contrast, attachment anxiety was positively associated with older parents’ seeking current support, perceptions of carer burden, and intentions to seek future support.

History

Journal

Journal of gerontology : psychological sciences

Volume

65B

Pagination

573 - 580

Location

Cary, N.C.

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

1079-5014

Language

eng

Notes

Advance Access published on June 30, 2010.

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2010, The Author