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The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences Advance Access originally published online on April 9, 2009
The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 2009 64B(3):339-347; doi:10.1093/geronb/gbp018
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America 2009.

The Impact of Parent Care on Marital Quality and Well-Being in Adult Daughters and Sons

Jamila Bookwala

Department of Psychology, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania

Address correspondence to Jamila Bookwala, PhD, Department of Psychology, 305 Oechsle Hall, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042. Email: bookwalj{at}lafayette.edu


  Abstract

This study prospectively examined the long-term impact of providing parent care using data from a probability-based U.S. sample of adult daughters and sons who had varying parent care experiences over time (N = 716). Parent care x Gender x Time mixed multivariate analyses of covariance using marital quality and well-being indicators as outcomes showed that, on average, experienced caregivers reported less marital happiness, more marital role inequity, and greater hostility than recent adult child caregivers. Significant three-way interactions indicated that experienced and recent caregiving daughters, respectively, showed an increase over time in depressive symptomatology and long-term depression, whereas their male counterparts showed a decline over the same period. Findings are discussed in terms of gender differences in the relative applicability of the wear-and-tear versus adaptation models of caregiving outcomes.

Key Words: Adult child caregivers • Depressed affect • Marital quality • Parent care • Prospective study

Received April 16, 2008; Accepted January 2, 2009

Decision Editor: Rosemary Blieszner, PhD


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