Impact of Family Structure on Parental Attitudes Toward the Economic Support of Adult Children Over the Transition to Adulthood

Autor/in	Aquilino, William S.
Titel	Impact of Family Structure on Parental Attitudes Toward the Economic Support of Adult Children Over the Transition to Adulthood
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 26 (2005) 2, S.143-167 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X04265950
Schlagwörter	Financial Support; Family Structure; Young Adults; Parent Child Relationship; Attitude Change; Attitude Measures; Family (Sociological Unit); Divorce; One Parent Family; Parent Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Finanzielle Förderung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Familie; Ehescheidung; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Elternverhalten
Abstract	This research explored the influence of family structure on midlife parents' attitudes toward the economic support of adult children and measured change in those attitudes as their oldest child moved from adolescence to young adulthood. Results suggest that family structure has long-term effects on parents' attitudes toward financial obligations to children. Compared to intact families, both stepparents and remarried (biological) parents were less likely to agree that parents should provide economic support as children make the transition to adulthood. Among stepfamilies, perceived financial obligations were stronger when parents had had a child together in addition to children from prior relationships. Single parents reported less positive attitudes toward economic support than two-biological-parent families when their oldest child was an adolescent, but their attitudes became more positive over time. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10