CPC research publishes in Families, Relationships and Societies

CPC research examining the timing of parental divorce and filial obligations to care for ageing parents has recently published in the journal Families, Relationships and Societies.

The work, by Dr Joanna Sage, Professor Maria Evandrou and Professor Jane Falkingham, explores how the timing of parental divorce within a 'child's' life can influence the obligations they feel to care for their parents later in life.

Findings have challenged the typical idea that if a divorce happens earlier in a child's life it will have the most damaging effect on their relationships with their parents in later years, and also on their obligations to provide care as they grow old.

In fact, those who were in middle-age when they experienced their parents divorcing tend to feel less obliged to care for their parents in later life.

Access the article on the Families, Relationships and Societies website.

Find out more about the project on the CPC project page.

Posted 11/12/2013 10:38