PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Moral Development, Psy, Immanence
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The motivation of adult children to provide social support to their older parents was linked with earlier family experiences. Children who spent more time in shared activities with their parents and were given more financial support by them earlier in their lives provided more support to their parents when they became older. Children of divorce were disproportionately more likely to end their own marriage than were children from intact, never-divorced families, although the transmission of divorce across generations has declined in recent years. Adult children of divorce who were classified as securely attached were less likely to divorce in the early years of their marriage than their insecurely attached counterparts. Parents who smoked early and often, and persisted in becoming regular smokers, were more likely to have adolescents who became smokers across generations. family bonds. Women have especially important role in maintaining family relationships. Mothers and daughters much closer relationships during adult years than.