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Intergenerational Relations (intergenerational + relation)

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Psychology40%

Selected Abstracts

China's Revolutions and Intergenerational Relations

AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, Issue 4 2004
VANESSA L. FONG
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Factors Influencing Value of Children and Intergenerational Relations in Times of Social Change: Analyses From Psychological and Socio-Cultural Perspectives: Introduction to the Special Issue

APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 3 2005
Gisela Trommsdorff
First page of article [source]

Rethinking civic education in the age of biotechnology

EDUCATIONAL THEORY, Issue 1 2005
Huey-li Li
In this paper, I first examine the three justifications most often provided for differentiating, discounting, or even disclaiming the present generation's moral responsibility to future generations. I then discuss ideological critiques of, and educational solutions to, the complicity of formal educational institutions in propagating these justifications. Finally, I inquire into the ethical postulates by which prefigurative democratic civic and citizenship education could facilitate civic engagement in deliberating about intergenerational relations. I argue that, by challenging such hegemonic cultural values as atomistic individualism, contractual social relations, the pursuit of progress, and the sharp division between ethics and epistemology, prefigurative civic education serves as the first step toward egalitarian intergenerational relations. [source]

Reciprocity in Parent,Child Exchange and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly: A Cross-National Perspective

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES, Issue 4 2007
Ariela Lowenstein
This study explores the role of intergenerational exchange relationships in the life satisfaction of a cross-national sample of older people. Specifically, it replicates and extends the study by Lee, Netzer, and Coward (1995), which examined the effects of aid exchanged between generations,older parents and their adult children. Social exchange and equity theories serve as the theoretical frameworks for the present research. The current research is based on data collected in the OASIS cross-national five countries project from 1,703 respondents (75+) living in urban settings. The main results are that the capacity to be an active provider in exchange relations enhances elders' life satisfaction. Being mainly a recipient of help from adult children is related to a lower level of life satisfaction. Filial norms are negatively related to life satisfaction. The study also underscores the importance of the emotional component in intergenerational family relations to the well-being of the older population. Intergenerational family bonds reflect a diversity of forms related to individual, familial, and social structural characteristics. The research highlights the importance of reciprocity in intergenerational relations between older parents and their adult children. [source]