Momma's Embedded Advice: The Relationship Between Mother–Daughter Marriage Narratives and Daughters’ Marital Satisfaction

Gilchrist-Petty, Eletra; Reynolds, Nicole

doi:10.1080/1041794x.2015.1052151

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“…Of all family-of-origin relationships, the relationship between mother and daughter is of great importance and has been formally studied for almost 100 years (Leonard, 1932). Past research has highlighted the importance and impact of this relationship on both the mother and daughter within numerous contexts, societies, and cultures (Cwikel, 2016; Gilchrist-Petty & Reynolds, 2015; Ko & Wei, 2018). As acknowledged by life course theorists, the mother-daughter relationship is most likely to remain important for both women, even in the face of major life changes.…”

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Band-Aids and Kisses Can’t Fix It: Mothers’ and Daughters’ Perceptions of Non-Death Loss and Boundary Ambiguity

Bojczyk

Haverback

2020

Illness, Crisis & Loss

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The goal of this study was to explore middle aged mothers’ and young adult daughters’ perceptions of the impact of non-death loss. This qualitative study explored perceptions of loss and boundary ambiguity of 24 mother-daughter dyads through individual interviews. All mothers and daughters described losses such as illness, the daughters’ launching, and dissolution of relationships that impacted the mother-daughter relationship. Comparison of mothers’ and daughters’ descriptions of the impacts of loss revealed convergence and divergence in their descriptions of associated levels of boundary ambiguity. Although experiences of loss do seem to be a universal human experience, perceptions regarding the impact of loss on both the individual and the mother-daughter dyad vary greatly.

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confidence: 99%