Emotional support and intergenerational solidarity

Zdenka Šadl (Author), Valentina Hlebec (Author)

Abstract

Throughout life receiving and offering emotional support is an important dimension in the relations between parents and children. Receiving emotional support from adult children is especially important for the aging parents, as it is - according to domestic and foreign research on family support systems -related to greater affective wellbeing, the feeling of satisfaction with life and the health of the parents. In this paper we are interested in the emotional support provided through intergenerational ties in Slovenia. We have observed the share of family intergenerational ties (within all ties that offer emotional support) and the demographic variables that influence the extent to which the family members rely on intergenerational family ties for their emotional support. Our data shows that the share of family intergenerational ties is significantly influenced by age, gender, marital status and the composition of the household. The feeling of the importance of ties is not linked to the share of intergenerational ties in an emotional network, and individuals who are likely to irritate the respondents are less likely to be a part of an emotional network.

Keywords

Medgeneracijski odnosi;Solidarnost;Starost;Spol;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2010
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
UDC:	316.4.051.6
COBISS:	30039645
ISSN:	0040-3598
Parent publication:	Teorija in praksa
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Emocionalna opora in medgeneracijska solidarnost
Secondary abstract:	Prejemanje in dajanje emocionalne opore je pomembna dimenzija odnosov med starši in otroci skozi celoten življenjski cikel. Prejemanje emocionalne opore, ki jo nudijo odrasli otroci je posebej pomembna za starajoče starše, saj je, po ugotovitvah tujih in domačih raziskav družinskih podpornih sistemov, povezana s povečanim dobrim počutjem, z zadovoljstvom z življenjem in zdravjem staršev. V prispevku nas zanima emocionalna opora, ki jo zagotavljajo družinske medgeneracijske vezi v Sloveniji. Opazovali bomo, kolikšen je odstotek družinskih medgeneracijskih vezi med vsemi vezmi, ki dajejo emocionalno oporo posameznikom in katere demografske spremenljivke vplivajo na to, koliko se družinski člani pri emocionalni opori opirajo na medgeneracijske družinske vezi. Naši podatki kažejo, da na odstotek družinskih medgeneracijskih vezi značilno vplivajo starost, spol, zakonski stan in sestava gospodinjstva. Občutenje pomembnosti vezi ni povezano z odstotkom medgeneracijskih vezi v emocionalnem omrežju, posamezniki, ki anketirance spravljajo v slabo voljo pa so manj verjetno del tega omrežja.
Secondary keywords:	Intergenerational relations;Solidarity;Age;Gender;
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 1150-1170
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ47
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ6
Chronology:	nov.-dec. 2010
Keywords (UDC):	social sciences;družbene vede;sociology;sociologija;social processes;social dynamics;družbeni procesi;družbena dinamika;
ID:	1470593