Aging Mothers' and Adult Daughters' Retrospective Ratings of Conflict in Their Past Relationships
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Retrospective accounts of past conflict between parents and offspring have been associated with a variety of implications for individual well-being and relationship quality in adulthood. The present study involved 48 dyads of healthy older mothers (mean age=76) and their adult daughters (mean age=44). Participants independently rated degree of conflict in their relationship when daughters were ages: 5-12, 13-17, 1824, and 25-present. Mothers and daughters provided descriptions of the source of problems and their behaviors during the time period rated as most conflicted. Mothers' and daughters' memories of past difficulties were related to their roles in the relationship, but not to present relationship quality or individual well-being.
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