Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Con Wrıght G. (Yürütücü)
Yükseköğretim Kurumları Destekli Proje, 2021 - 2022
"As life expectancy increases, parents and their children enjoy longer years to spend together, increasing the importance of intergenerational ties throughout the life course. In addition to the quality of parent-adult child ties, intergenerational support exchanges continue to hold a highly prevalent position in later life. The preponderance of research has studied the upward flow of support from adult children to their older parents in need of care. Yet, it is also well known that the downward flow of support continues to take place well into children’s transition to adulthood. The main objective of this qualitative study is to examine the extent to and ways in which parental support to adult children in later life is provided, initiated, and negotiated. As part of this study, I will also explore how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected contact and support exchanges between older and younger generations. The data for this study will be collected through in-depth interviews with older mothers and fathers as well as adult children. To employ a within-family approach, I will gather data from parents on both their own and spouse’s support provision to each of their adult children. I will also aim to interview at least two adult children from each family to capture the within-family differences in parental support in later life."