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Intergenerational Support and Life Satisfaction: A Comparison of Chinese, Indonesian, and German Elderly Mothers

Published:2010-07-20 Issue:5-6 Volume:41 Page:706-722
ISSN:0022-0221
Container-title:Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Author:

Schwarz Beate¹,Albert Isabelle²,Trommsdorff Gisela³,Gang Zheng ⁴,Shaohua Shi ⁴,Nelwan Peter R.⁵

Affiliation:

1. University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, beate.schwarz@unibas.ch

2. University of Luxembourg, Walferdange, Luxembourg

3. University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

4. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

5. Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia

Abstract

The exchange of support between generations is a fundamental feature of intergenerational relationships. Although most studies have concentrated on the impact of social support on the receiver, effects on subjective well-being of the provider of support have been studied less often. Given cultural differences in the norms and values of intergenerational relationships, the present study compared samples from rural and urban China, Indonesia, and Germany. The results showed that in the different cultural contexts elderly mothers’ well-being was differently related to help that they provided to their adult daughters. The results are discussed from a culture-informed perspective on intergenerational relationships.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Anthropology,Cultural Studies,Social Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0022022110372197

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