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Perceptions of Closeness in Adult Parent-Child Dyads: Asymmetry in the Context of Family Complexity.

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Objectives

Multi-actor data show that parents' and adult children's evaluations of their relation do not necessarily match. We studied disagreement in parent- and child-reported closeness, comparing parent-child dyads involving separated parents, non-separated parents, and stepparents to shed new light on today's diverse landscape of adult parent-child relations.

Method

Using data from the Parents and Children in the Netherlands (OKiN) survey, we analyzed closeness in parent-child dyads (N = 4,602) comparing (step)parents' and their adult children's (aged 25-45) reports. To distinguish directional disagreement (i.e., differences in child- and parent-reported means) from nondirectional disagreement (i.e., the association between child- and parent-reported measures), while accounting for absolute levels of closeness, we estimated log-linear models.

Results

All types of parents tend to report higher levels of closeness than their children. Whereas parental overreport is more prevalent among biological father-child dyads than among biological mother-child dyads, we found no differences between biological dyads and stepdyads. The association between children's and parents' reports is higher among dyads involving stepmothers or married mothers than among those involving separated mothers and (step)fathers.

Discussion

The intergenerational stake (i.e., parental overreport) is not unique to biological parent-child relations. Instead, patterns of disagreement seem most strongly stratified by gender.

SUBMITTER: van Houdt K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7751165 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perceptions of Closeness in Adult Parent-Child Dyads: Asymmetry in the Context of Family Complexity.

van Houdt Kirsten K Kalmijn Matthijs M Ivanova Katya K

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 20201101 10

<h4>Objectives</h4>Multi-actor data show that parents' and adult children's evaluations of their relation do not necessarily match. We studied disagreement in parent- and child-reported closeness, comparing parent-child dyads involving separated parents, non-separated parents, and stepparents to shed new light on today's diverse landscape of adult parent-child relations.<h4>Method</h4>Using data from the Parents and Children in the Netherlands (OKiN) survey, we analyzed closeness in parent-child ...[more]

PMID: 32777051

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Perceptions of Closeness in Adult Parent-Child Dyads: Asymmetry in the Context of Family Complexity.

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Perceptions of Closeness in Adult Parent-Child Dyads: Asymmetry in the Context of Family Complexity.

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