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ERIC Number: EJ315774
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Understanding Heart: Aging Parents and Their Favorite Children.
Aldous, Joan; And Others
Child Development, v56 n2 p303-16 Apr 1985
Compares the characteristics of adult children who provide comfort and sympathy and serve as confidants to parents with those whom parents perceive as disappointing. Interview information from 117 couples having children who had left home was analyzed using aggregate and intrafamilial strategies. Differences in the findings from the two techniques are discussed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Daughters, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Research Methodology, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Adult Children; Intergenerational Factors; Intergenerational Solidarity
Note: Special issue: Family Development and the Child