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Nichols, Laurie Stenberg; Junk, Virginia W.

doi:10.1023/a:1024978930126

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“…Social interactions with others throughout the life course may fluctuate due to childcare and work obligations and may not always reflect preference (Carstensen, 1992), which may explain why relationships with friends do not seem as important in the midlife age group. As part of the “sandwich generation” (Nichols & Junk, 1997), adults in midlife may have the bulk of their time occupied with taking care of children and parents as well as employment. The results of this study suggest that support and strain from one’s family during this potentially stressful time of negotiating family roles and work obligations may be particularly important for the mental health of adults in midlife.…”

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“…The other significant difference across age groups was such that increases in strain from a spouse had a greater impact on increasing depressive symptoms over time for adults in midlife compared with older adults. Perhaps adults in midlife dealing with the stresses of being in the “sandwich generation” (Nichols & Junk, 1997) may experience more difficulty when strain with a spouse is added to that. It may also be that older adults who are still married to their spouses may have better coping mechanisms for dealing with strains from a spouse or reconstruct the meaning of these strains (Thoits, 1995), so perhaps older adults’ mental health is less affected by increased strain with a spouse for these reasons.…”

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The Impact of Relationship-Specific Support and Strain on Depressive Symptoms Across the Life Course

Thomas

2015

J Aging Health

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The Impact of Relationship-Specific Support and Strain on Depressive Symptoms Across the Life Course

Thomas

2015

J Aging Health

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“…On the basis of the current body of research regarding parent-child relationships and health, we adjusted for age and gender of parent and child, education, parent-child frequency of contact, and parent functional problems Khan, 2014). In general, women take on greater socioemotional roles in the family than men (Nichols & Junk, 1997;Pöysti et al, 2012), suggesting that mothers and daughters are more likely to provide support than fathers and sons. Moreover, among adult children involved in caregiving for their parents, sons spend about half the amount of time daughters spend providing care (National Alliance for Caregiving & American Association of Retired Persons, 2015).…”

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Factors Associated With Support Provided by Middle‐Aged Children to Their Parents

2019

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Objective Building on symbolic interaction, this study was designed to examine perceptions of support provided by adult children to their parents (upstream support) as they relate to the parents' health, parent–child relationship quality, and support provided by parents to their children (downstream support). Background Adult children are increasingly participating in providing care for parents. Examining perceptions of this flow of support may increase family members' understanding of each other's perspectives regarding support, health, and relationship quality. Method A modified actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) was used to examine parent–child dyadic perceptions of these three factors on upstream support using the Family Exchanges Study (N = 273 dyads). Results Parents reporting lower health, higher relationship quality, and more downstream support were associated with parents' perception of more upstream support. Parents reporting higher relationship quality and less downstream support were associated with adult children's perception of less upstream support. Moreover, adult children reporting higher relationship quality was associated with parents' perception of more upstream support, and adult children reporting more downstream support was associated with adult children's perception of more upstream support. Conclusion Findings that parents' and children's perceptions differ, sometimes in different directions, indicates the importance of considering multiple perspectives in family‐based research. Implications Clinicians and educators should find ways to help parents and their adult children understand each other's perspectives to increase shared meanings associated with health and support in these relationships.

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“…The sandwich generation are mainly baby-boomers and Gen Xers, which take care of both their children and parents at the same time (Rubin and White-Means, 2009). This group has the most work experience and greatest family responsibility; tend to struggle with work-life balance; are more likely to be overwhelmed (Duxbury et al, 2012), and; are more likely to conduct assisted-transport daily (Nichols et al, 1997;Rubin and White-Means, 2009). Carer-employees are more likely to be overwhelmed from assisted-transport.…”

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Assisted-Transport Caregiving and Its Impact Towards Carer-Employees

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Williams

Kitchen

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Journal of Gerontological Social Work

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Assisted-transport is the most common informal caregiving task and will be in greater demand due to an aging society. One population group that predominantly covers the demands of informal eldercare while working full time in the paid labor force are carer-employees. The developing carer-employee literature addresses: the health risks for carer-employees; employers of careremployees, and policy/program interventions. Little research focuses on assisted-transport, which impacts health. This study begins to fill the gap by addressing the following objectives: (1) develop a socioeconomic profile of carer-employees performing assisted-transport tasks; (2) identify any gender differences based on the profile, particularly employment and caregiving traits; (3) examine behavioral factors that increase the likelihood of conducting assisted-transport caregiving, and; (4) determine whether carer-employees are more likely to be overwhelmed from assistedtransport caregiving. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to analyze Statistics Canada's General Social Survey Cycle 26: Caregiving dataset (2012). Compared to general careremployees, assisted-transport carer-employees have higher education, household income, and caregiving hours per week and feel more tired and overwhelmed from caregiving. Gender gaps exist based on socioeconomic and caregiving characteristics. Logit results show that female carer-employees are more likely to perform assisted-transport caregiving and feel overwhelmed. Careremployees conducting assisted-transport caregiving are more likely to be overwhelmed than those who do not.

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Cited by 48 publications

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The Impact of Relationship-Specific Support and Strain on Depressive Symptoms Across the Life Course

The Impact of Relationship-Specific Support and Strain on Depressive Symptoms Across the Life Course

Factors Associated With Support Provided by Middle‐Aged Children to Their Parents

Assisted-Transport Caregiving and Its Impact Towards Carer-Employees

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