@article {8347, title = {Positive, Negative, and Ambivalent Interactions With Family and Friends: Associations With Well-being}, journal = {Journal of Marriage and Family}, volume = {78}, year = {2016}, pages = {660-679}, publisher = {78}, abstract = {Although the relationship between social relationships and mental health is well established, debate continues about the relative importance of specific sources (spouses, children, relatives, friends) as well as of positive and negative interactions. The authors examined the associations of positive, negative, and ambivalent interactions with life satisfaction and depressive symptoms for spouses, children, relatives, and friends, using data from the 2008 Health and Retirement Study (N = 6,418). The findings generally showed positive associations between positive interactions and mental health and negative associations between negative or ambivalent interactions and mental health. These associations were most pronounced for relationships with spouses and children. Gender differences were found in life satisfaction but not in depressive symptoms. These results imply that future research on older adults needs to consider both positive and negative relationship features from diverse sources separately and in combination to disentangle their relative effects and their additive or compensatory potential.}, keywords = {Health Conditions and Status}, doi = {10.1111/jomf.12302}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12302}, author = {Lee, Hyo Jung and Maximiliane E Szinovacz} } @article {7876, title = {Prevalence and predictors of change in adult-child primary caregivers}, journal = {International journal of aging and human development}, volume = {76}, year = {2013}, note = {Export Date: 24 September 2013 Source: Scopus}, pages = {227-249}, publisher = {76}, abstract = {Family caregiving research is increasingly contextual and dynamic, but few studies have examined prevalence and predictors of change in primary caregivers, those with the most frequent contact with healthcare professionals. We identified prevalence and predictors of 2-year change in primary adult-child caregivers. Data pooled from the 1992-2000 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) represent 1,068 parent-level care occasions and 3,616 child-level occasions. There is considerable 2-year stability in primary adult-child caregivers. Parents are more prone to experience a change in adult-child primary caregivers if they live by themselves and if they have more sons and daughters. As far as the adult children are concerned, daughters and children living closer to parents are more likely to remain primary caregivers. Results suggest that change in primary caregivers is more strongly associated with available alternatives and gender norms than burden and competing obligations.}, keywords = {Adult children, Healthcare, Public Policy}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880056874andpartnerID=40andmd5=ad81c47215233f14a9e09dd44972d248}, author = {Maximiliane E Szinovacz and Adam Davey} } @article {6993, title = {Predictors of perceptions of involuntary retirement.}, journal = {Gerontologist}, volume = {45}, year = {2005}, month = {2005 Feb}, pages = {36-47}, publisher = {45}, abstract = {

PURPOSE: Retirement is often treated as a voluntary transition, yet selected circumstances can restrict choice in retirement decision processes. We investigated conditions under which retirees perceive their retirement as "forced" rather than "wanted."

METHODS: Analyses relied on Waves 1-4 of the Health and Retirement Survey (N=1,160; 572 men and 588 women). Logistic regression models estimated the effects of background factors, choice and restricted choice conditions, and retirement contexts on perceptions of forced retirement.

RESULTS: Nearly one third of older workers perceived their retirement as forced. Such forced retirement reflects restricted choice through health limitations, job displacement, and care obligations. Other predictors include marital status, race, assets, benefits, job tenure, and off-time retirement.

IMPLICATIONS: Future research should establish personal and policy implications of forced retirement. Programs are needed to help older workers forced into retirement find alternative employment opportunities and to reduce the conditions leading to forced retirement.

}, keywords = {Activities of Daily Living, Choice Behavior, Demography, Humans, Retirement, Social Perception, Socioeconomic factors, United States}, issn = {0016-9013}, doi = {10.1093/geront/45.1.36}, author = {Maximiliane E Szinovacz and Adam Davey} }