Filial Responsibility Expectations Among Adult Child-Older Parent Pairs

Ego Integrity in the Lives of Older Women: A Follow-Up of Mothers From the Sears, Maccoby, and Levin (1951) Patterns of Child Rearing Study

“…Suitor, Pillemer, Keeton, and Robinson (1995) have shown that troubled relationships can lead to unwillingness to provide care for family members (see also Hamon & Blieszner, 1990). The low EI mothers, who felt that their relationships were not congenial, were very uncertain of their future care even when pressed to think about it.…”

Attribution of Elderly Responsibility in Relation to Income in Qatar

“…The caring and love for close family members remains a genealogical human trait existing well before the creation of the nuclear family-kinship and care for parents out of a sense of obligation and love (Horowitz & Schindelman, 1983;Sung, 1994;Iecovich, & Lankri, 2002). Research studies have come to the conclusion that family has a natural filial responsibility to close loved ones when support is needed (Hamon & Blieszner, 1990). We saw however, that there are certain beliefs that pupil about family responsibility which they hold that is differentiated among different economic groups.…”

“…People in Qatar and the Middle East in general may perceive personal care for adults as the responsibility of the family, but at the same time, whenever they are unable to provide those needs, they may rely on the government for assistance (mainly financial). Qatar society, like others in the Middle East, and worldly societies see care of the elderly as a moral obligation (Horowitz & Schindelman, 1983;Hamon & Blieszner, 1990;Sung, 1999;Iecovich, & Lankri, 2002). However, in the West, when a public institution is available, families may choose not to support dependents, by seeking public or private care and consequently place the elderly in homes or community support homes for care.…”

Older mothers' expectations of intergenerational relationships : the intergenerational ambivalence perspective

“…Older people are found to have ambivalent feelings towards filial support (Cohler and Grunebaum, 1981;Hamon and Blieszner, 1990;Spitze and Gallant, 2004;Willson et al, 1993). "Too much of a good thing" might generate negative psychological consequences.…”

“…On one hand, older people enjoy the support provided by their children. On the other hand, they want to be independent to avoid the feeling of dependence, especially when there is a lack of reciprocity with their children (Hamon and Blieszner, 1990;Spitze and Gallant, 2004).…”