Aging Mothers and Their Adult Daughters: A Case of Mixed Emotions

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 256 pages
• Published by: Springer Publishing Company
• Edition: 1st Edition January 4, 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0826113796
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0826113795
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Product Description


"As far as I am aware, there is no other scholarly book on adult mother/daughter relationships, particularly one that incorporates data from pairs of mothers and daughtersI believe that the contents provide useful material for instructors, researchers, and therapists alike."
- Rosemary Blieszner, PhD
Professor of Gerontology and Family Studies
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University


The mother/daughter tie is one that persists well past childhood and it takes on unique characteristics as daughter enter midlife and mohers enter old age. Incorporating vivid descriptions by mothers and daughters about their relationships, this book addresses both the rewards and the costs that mothers and daughters incur in maintaining their relationships into old age. For psychologists, gerontologists, and sociologists, as well as academics and researchers in women's and family studies.

About The Author


Karen L. Fingerman, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Faculty Affiliate with the Gerontology Center at Pennsylvania State University. She has conducted research and published numerous scholarly articles on positive and negative emotions in social relationships. Her work has examined mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren, friends, acquaintances, and peripheral social ties. The National Institute on Aging has funded her recent work on problematic social ties across the life span and the Brookdale Foundation has funded her recent work on parent/child ties in adulthood. She received the Springer Award for Early Career Achievement in Research on Adult Development and Aging from Division twenty of the American Psychological Association in 1998 and the Margret Baltes Award for Early Career Achievement in Behavioral and Social Gerontology from the Gerontological Society of America in 1999.