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Children and the Elderly

Interaction and Morale

Washington State University

This paper examines the extent to which frequency of interaction with adult offspring influences the morale of their elderly parents. Data were collected in the spring of 1975 from a sample of residents of Washington State aged 60 and over. The results show that (1) frequency of interaction with children, measured in several ways, is virtually uncorrelated with the morale of the elderly and (2) measures of interaction with children do not increase our explanatory power with respect to morale of the elderly beyond that attainable by variables which have been identified previously. These findings are discussed in terms of their cumulation with previous research and theory and their implications for further study of family relations for the elderly.

Research on Aging, Vol. 1, No. 3, 335-360 (1979)
DOI: 10.1177/016402757913004


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