Divorce and Intergenerational Support: Comparing the Perceptions of Divorced Adults and Their Parents

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2012

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Moore, E
Timonen, V
O'Dwyer, C
Doyle, M
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Journal of Comparative Family Studies

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University of Calgary

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University of Cape Town

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Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR)
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Faculty of Humanities
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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).
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Moore, E., Timonen, V., O'Dwyer, C., & Doyle, M. (2012). Divorce and Intergenerational Support: Comparing the Perceptions of Divorced Adults and Their Parents. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 261-279.

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