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Older Parents Providing Child Care for Adult Children: Does It Pay Off?
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Geurts, Teun; Poortman, Anne-Rigt; van Tilburg, Theo G. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012
This study examined whether past grandparental child care is related to present support from adult children. On the basis of social exchange theory, the authors expected that grandparental child care creates a debt that is repaid in the form of receiving support later in life. Using data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (N = 349…
Descriptors: Daughters, Parent Child Relationship, Grandparents, Social Exchange Theory
Relationship Status and Activated Kin Support: The Role of Need and Norms
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Mazelis, Joan Maya; Mykyta, Laryssa – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we examined whether mothers' (N = 4,127) and fathers' (N = 3,405) relationship status influenced their activation of financial support from relatives over time. We found that relationship status influenced the activation of financial support from relatives but that the effects…
Descriptors: Mothers, Attachment Behavior, Financial Support, Fathers
Social Exchange and Sexual Behavior in Young Women's Premarital Relationships in Kenya
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Luke, Nancy; Goldberg, Rachel E.; Mberu, Blessing U.; Zulu, Eliya M. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
Transactional sex, or the exchange of money and gifts for sexual activities within nonmarital relationships, has been widely considered a contributing factor to the disproportionate prevalence of HIV/AIDS among young women in sub-Saharan Africa. This study applied social exchange theory to premarital relationships in order to investigate the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Females, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Young Adults
Sexual Frequency and the Stability of Marital and Cohabiting Unions
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Yabiku, Scott T.; Gager, Constance T. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2009
Prior research found that lower sexual frequency and satisfaction were associated with higher rates of divorce, but little research had examined the role of sexual activity in the dissolution of cohabiting unions. We drew upon social exchange theory to hypothesize why sexual frequency is more important in cohabitation: (a) cohabitors' lower costs…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Social Exchange Theory, Marriage, Marital Satisfaction
The Decision to Remain in an Involuntarily Celibate Relationship
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Donnelly, Denise A; Burgess, Elisabeth O – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2008
Based upon qualitative data from a sample of 77 married or long-term cohabiting heterosexuals self-defining as involuntarily celibate, we used social exchange theory to develop a model for understanding the causes and consequences of sexual inactivity in committed relationships. Although reported consequences of involuntary celibacy tended to be…
Descriptors: Coping, Sexuality, Social Exchange Theory, Intimacy
Gender Differences in Restricting Work Efforts because of Family Responsibilities
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Maume, David J. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2006
In egalitarian families, we might expect that men and women similarly prioritize work and family obligations. Yet, prior research examining gender differences in work-family priorities often use measures that imperfectly reflect those priorities. Drawing two samples of full-time married workers from the 1992 National Study of the Changing…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Family Work Relationship, Employment, Spouses