Purpose and Hypothesis of the Study
The study by Suitor, Gilligan, Johnson, and Pillemer (2013) had one purpose. The purpose was to explore how perceptions of parental favoritism will play a role in sibling relations during caregiving. They were also able to investigate how responsibility and perceptions of parental favoritism in regards to caregiving, increase the sibling tension when one of this two condition met. The association between the recent caregiving and the sibling tension will be substantial when adult children view their mothers favoring a distinct offspring as future caregivers.
Sample
The participants in this study were 450 adult children who were a part of 214 later-life families that reported that their mothers needed care …show more content…
These interviews were conducted in two waves, T1 and T2.
After the interview, the mothers were asked to give the contact information of their adult children. 81% gave out their children’s information, once contacted, 75% of the 81% agreed to participate, resulting in a total of 833 children with 227 families. The correlation between the participants and their willingness to participate was revealed through the mothers who had at least one of their children participate or none. This showed that there was no difference between the two groups. This sample for this article consisted of the responses of 450 adult children that reported that their mothers needed assistance two years prior to the T2 interview. (Suitor et al., …show more content…
5 being very often and 1 being never. The respondent’s responses to the series of questions regarding the past two years were used to create the caregiving measure. These responses were based on if they had helped their mother with daily tasks or cared for her when she was dealing with a serious illness or injury in the past two years. Due to the children being nested within the families a multilevel modeling had to be used which took account the absence of independence between the family and the siblings. (Suitor et al., 2013)
As for the perceived parental favoritism measures, the responses regarding their view of their mothers’ favoritism regarding a future caregiver out of her children. The children’s responses were used to create a dichotomous variable. The vast majority of the children did perceive that their mother would have a preference how who her future caregiver would be. (Suitor et al.,
The study by Suitor, Gilligan, Johnson, and Pillemer (2013) had one purpose. The purpose was to explore how perceptions of parental favoritism will play a role in sibling relations during caregiving. They were also able to investigate how responsibility and perceptions of parental favoritism in regards to caregiving, increase the sibling tension when one of this two condition met. The association between the recent caregiving and the sibling tension will be substantial when adult children view their mothers favoring a distinct offspring as future caregivers.
Sample
The participants in this study were 450 adult children who were a part of 214 later-life families that reported that their mothers needed care …show more content…
These interviews were conducted in two waves, T1 and T2.
After the interview, the mothers were asked to give the contact information of their adult children. 81% gave out their children’s information, once contacted, 75% of the 81% agreed to participate, resulting in a total of 833 children with 227 families. The correlation between the participants and their willingness to participate was revealed through the mothers who had at least one of their children participate or none. This showed that there was no difference between the two groups. This sample for this article consisted of the responses of 450 adult children that reported that their mothers needed assistance two years prior to the T2 interview. (Suitor et al., …show more content…
5 being very often and 1 being never. The respondent’s responses to the series of questions regarding the past two years were used to create the caregiving measure. These responses were based on if they had helped their mother with daily tasks or cared for her when she was dealing with a serious illness or injury in the past two years. Due to the children being nested within the families a multilevel modeling had to be used which took account the absence of independence between the family and the siblings. (Suitor et al., 2013)
As for the perceived parental favoritism measures, the responses regarding their view of their mothers’ favoritism regarding a future caregiver out of her children. The children’s responses were used to create a dichotomous variable. The vast majority of the children did perceive that their mother would have a preference how who her future caregiver would be. (Suitor et al.,