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    Divorce and Intergenerational Support: Comparing the Perceptions of Divorced Adults and Their Parents
    (University of Calgary, 2012) Moore, E; Timonen, V; O'Dwyer, C; Doyle, M
    With changing marriage, birth, and parenthood pattems and increasing life expectancies, the multigenerational family has become ever more influential in supporting the family (Bengston, 2001; Pillemer and Luescher, 2004). As many studies have highlighted, intergenerational support may be required when adults separate or divorce (Finch, 1989; Smart; 2004; Thompson, 1999). The purpose of this article is to explore a central issue of intergenerational relations within families: comparing perceptions of intergenerational support when an adult child divorces between the "younger" generation (i.e., the couple going through the divorce) and the "older" generation (their parents).