Ambivalence in the Relationship of Adult Children to Aging Parents and In‐Laws

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Capturing the Complexity of Intergenerational Relations: Exploring Ambivalence within Later-Life Families (2007, background): “In a study focusing on adult children, which used somewhat more restrictive criteria, Willson, Shuey, and Elder (2003) found that 28% of adult children experienced ambivalence toward elderly parents.”
The best of ties, the worst of ties: Close, problematic, and ambivalent social relationships (2004, background): “In his study of social networks, Milardo (1989) found that few participants nominated in-laws as sources of problems, but other research suggests ties to certain in-laws may be tense (Fingerman, in press; Willson et al., 2003).”
Ambivalence in Mother-Adult Child Relations: A Dyadic Analysis (2006, background): “Some previous research found gender differences in ambivalence toward a parent or an in-law from the adult child’s perspective (Willson et al. 2003), while other research on mothers’ ambivalence toward their children revealed no differences based on the child’s gender (Pillemer and Suitor 2002; Pill”
Solidarity and Conflict Between Adult Children and Parents: A Latent Class Analysis (2006, background): “…options to defer responsibilities to other family members (living nearby, small number of siblings, widowed parents), difficulties acting against normative obligations to care (daughters, cf. Connidis & McMullin, 2002; Willson et al., 2003), and dependence on parental assistance (young adulthood).”