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25 - Intergenerational Family Relationships and Successful Aging

from Part II - Psychosocial Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2019

By
Ariela Lowenstein ,
Ruth Katz  and
Aviad Tur-Sinai
Edited by
Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros ,
Athanase Benetos  and
Jean-Marie Robine
Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Athanase Benetos
Affiliation:
Université de Lorraine and Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Nancy
Jean-Marie Robine
Affiliation:
INSERM
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Summary

The present chapter will contribute to the body of research on associations between socio-economic resources, health and economic status, family intergenerational relations and between involvement with life and subjective well-being. It was achieved by analyzing data on these two dimensions of successful aging among European countries and Israel (based on SHARE data). The countries differ in their cultural and social contexts, particularly, family traditions and welfare development. As a substantial number of studies on the topic were conducted within one culture, it is imperative to continue and study these associations further in a wider comparative perspective. A most significant finding was the strong association between intergenerational family relations (including all its components) and successful aging (the two dimensions), even after controlling for background resources, including health and functioning, economic attributes and other variables. This means that predicting the decline of family relations was not proven in our research.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Successful Aging , pp. 455 - 474
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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