Measurement of Intergenerational Relations (SAGE Focus Editions) - Hardcover

Mangen, David J.; Bengston, Vern L.; Landry, Pierre H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803929897 ISBN 13: 9780803929890

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1988

Synopsis

This is the first systematic attempt to describe and measure family relationships between generations across the life-course. The authors report results of a research programme focusing on intergenerational solidarity within families, based on an unusual three-generation study. Theoretical, conceptual and measurement issues are also presented focusing on six dimensions of family interaction.

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About the Author

Vern Bengtson is the AARP/University Chair in Gerontology and Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California. He has published 15 books and over 220 articles in gerontology, the sociology of the life course, family sociology, social psychology, and ethnicity and aging.  He was elected President of the Gerontological Society of America and has been granted a MERIT award from the National Institute on Aging for his 35-year Longitudinal Study of Generations. Bengtson’s honors include (twice) the Reuben Hill Award from the National Council of Family Relations (1980 and 1986); the Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association’s section on aging (1995); the Robert W. Kleemeier Award from the Gerontological Society of America (1996); and the Ernest W. Burgess Award from the National Council on Family Relations (1998).  In addition he has received several awards for teaching, which has provided his greatest satisfaction throughout his career.      

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803929897
• ISBN 13: 9780803929890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256