Intergenerational Caregiving: The Role of Attachment and Mental Representation of Caregiving in Filial Anxiety of Micidie-Aged Children

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019

Authors

Diana Morais (Author) Other; Carla Faria (Author) Other; Lia Fernandes (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Vol. 17

Pages: 468-487

ISSN: 1535-0770

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00R-447

DOI: 10.1080/15350770.2019.1596187

Abstract (EN): Adult children may experience filial anxiety when anticipating the need to care for their aging parents. To investigate the extent to which attachment and mental representation of caregiving predict filial anxiety, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 304 middle-age adults with at least one living parent aged 65 or more. Results suggest that the variance in filial anxiety is mainly accounted for by the mental representation of caregiving and then by attachment. These findings suggest that mental representation of caregiving and attachment are important dimensions to consider when adult children feel unprepared and worried with the need to care for their aging parents.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 20