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CharlieWard

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How does gender factor into the parent-child relationship in late adulthood?
 
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Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale shows that the most stressful life events revolve around the family.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 18, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Gender plays a significant role in the intimacy levels of the elderly and their grown children. Women, for example, tend to express greater emotional intensity than do men in their intergenerational ties. Subsequently, elderly mothers and their adult daughters and daughters-in- law experience greater intimacy than do fathers and sons.

Answer to Question 2

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