A LINK BETWEEN GENERATIONS - INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS AND DEPRESSION IN AGING PARENTS

This research examined the relationship between three aspects of intergenerational relations-a problem in the life of an adult child, conflict with an adult child, and social support from an adult child-and depression in aging parents in a sample of three-generation California families. Of the three issues, only support from an adult child was consistently related to depression in parents. Using a nonevaluative measure of support, it was found that those parents who receive support from a child an more depressed than those who do not, and those who have less conflict between the generations are mon depressed when they receive support from an adult child.