PREFACE

Abstract

This fourth volume of our series on Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research addresses timely and pressing issues concerning intergenerational relations among adults within families. As our guest editors note, there has been a dramatic rise in research interest in this area, spurred in part by large scale demographic trends. Prominent among these are world-wide increases in longevity, which in turn have noticeably extended the shared lifetimes of generations. This rise in living multi-generational families and their member interactions have led to renewed discussions and debates regarding norms of filial responsibility and a resurging interest in changing patterns of kin assistance, among several other issues treated in this volume.

Citation

Berardo, F.M. (2003), "PREFACE", Pillemer, K. and Luscher, K. (Ed.) Intergenerational Ambivalences: New Perspectives on Parent-Child Relations in Later Life (Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, p. XI. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1530-3535(03)04015-9