Beyond Parental Status: Psychological Well-Being in Middle and Old Age

By Tanya Koropeckyj‐Cox. 2002

169 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Demography, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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In Demography

1. T. Hansen
2. Eva‐Maria Merz
3. Tetyana Pudrovska
4. T. Moum
5. J. An
6. B. Slagsvold
7. T. Cooney
8. Corinne Reczek

In Health

1. Patricia A. Thomas
2. Hui Liu
3. T. Hansen
4. Eva‐Maria Merz
5. Tetyana Pudrovska
6. T. Moum
7. J. An
8. B. Slagsvold

In Sociology and Political Science

1. T. Hansen
2. Eva‐Maria Merz
3. Tetyana Pudrovska
4. T. Moum
5. J. An
6. B. Slagsvold
7. T. Cooney
8. Corinne Reczek

Citations in the corpus

• Family Relationships and Well-Being (2017, background): “In addition, consistent with the tenets of stress process theory, most evidence points to poor quality relationships with adult children as detrimental to parents’ well-being (Koropeckyj-Cox, 2002; Polenick et al., 2016); however, a recent study found that strain with adult children is related to be”
• Wellbeing of adult children and ageing parents: associations with intergenerational support and relationship quality (2009, unknown): “Theeffects of intergenerational support together with relationship quality have been conceptualised in both sociologically-motivated geron-tological research (Koropeckyj-Cox 2002; Silverstein et al .”
• Wellbeing depends on social relationship characteristics: comparing different types and providers of support to older adults (2010, background): “…of the association between support and wellbeing It has been suggested by developmental psychologists (e.g. Cicirelli 1993) and social gerontologists (Koropeckyj-Cox 2002) that individual characteristics qualify the association between receiving support and wellbeing (Merz and Consedine 2009).”
• Parenthood, Childlessness, and Well-Being: A Life Course Perspective (2010, background): “For example, Koropeckyj-Cox (2002) found that, among the childless (age 50 – 84), negative attitudes toward childlessness were associated with lower levels of well-being (more loneliness and depression), and, among parents, worse than expected relationships with adult children were associated with…”
• TARGET ARTICLE: Singles in Society and in Science (2005, unknown): “Koropeckyj-Cox (2002) came to a similar conclusion in her study based on national survey data.”
• The Role of Generativity in Psychological Well-Being: Does it Differ for Childless Adults and Parents? (2008, unknown): “Other studies note differences in psychological well-being, for example, for adults who were involuntarily childless versus childless by choice (Jeffries and Konnert 2002; Koropeckyj-Cox 2002).”
• Psychological well-being in mid to late life: The role of generativity development and parent–child relationships across the lifespan (2006, background): “Though it is well established that favorable experiences and relationships with adult offspring contribute to well-being in mid and late life (Aquilino, 1996; Koropeckyj-Cox, 2002; Ryff & Heidrich, 1997; Umberson, 1996), an important finding in this study is that adults who have less than desirable ”
• Frustrated Fertility: Infertility and Psychological Distress among Women. (2003, background): “Infertility is only one part of the continuum of childlessness that spans a range of varying degrees of choice (Ireland, 1993; Koropeckyj-Cox, 2002).”
• Childlessness and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife and Old Age: An Examination of Parental Status Effects Across a Range of Outcomes (2009, background): “Second, previous work has generally not examined moderating influences at the individual level, for example whether childlessness is more consequential when it coincides with factors such as old age, single living, or low education (Dykstra & Hagestad, 2007a; Koropeckyj-Cox, 2002).”