CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PART 1: MACRO-MICRO LINKAGES AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
1. SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE NEW DEMOGRAPHIC REGIME: POTENTIALS AND RISKS, RECONSIDERED
Richard A. Settersten, Jr.
2. MACROSTRUCTURAL CONDITIONS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: HOW SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLING SHAPE INTERACTIONS FROM EARLY TO LATE ADOLESCENCE
Christopher C. Weiss and E. Christine Baker-Smith
3. ADULT SIBLINGS: A MULTI-ETHNIC STUDY OF FAMILIES
Pamela Braboy Jackson, Rashawn Ray, and Mary D. Shaw
PART 2: PARENTING ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE
4. INTERACTIVE STRESS AND COPING AROUND PARENTING: EXPLAINING TRAJECTORIES OF CHANGE IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS OVER THE LIFE COURSE
Debra Umberson and Corinne Reczek
5. ASSESSMENTS OF PARENTING QUALITY AND EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE
Elaine Wethington and Claire M. Kamp Dush
6. INTERGENERATIONAL CARE AND THE GREEDINESS OF ADULT CHILDREN’S MARRIAGES
Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian
PART 3: PARENT-ADULT CHILD RELATIONS DURING TRANSITIONS
7. DIVORCE AND INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE
Adam Shapiro and Teresa M. Cooney
8. PARENTAL MARITAL TRANSITIONS AND INSTRUMENTAL ASSISTANCE BETWEEN GENERATIONS: A WITHIN-FAMILY LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS
Adam Davey, David J. Eggebeen, and Jyoti Savla
9. CHANGES IN CONTACT AND SUPPORT WITHIN INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE NETHERLANDS: A COHORT AND TIME-SEQUENTIAL PERSPECTIVE
Suzan van der Pas, Theo van Tilburg, and Kees Knipscheer
10. PARENTS’ AND OFFSPRING’S PERCEPTIONS OF CHANGE AND CONTINUITY WHEN PARENTS EXPERIENCE THE TRANSITION TO OLD AGE
Karen L. Fingerman, Elizabeth L. Hay, Claire M. Kamp Dush, Kelly E. Cichy, and Shelley J. Hosterman
PART 4: TRANSITIONS IN NON-KINSHIP RELATIONSHIPS
11. MAKE NEW FRIENDS BUT KEEP THE OLD? AN EXAMINATION OF TINTO’S MODEL OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION FROM A LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE
Janel Benson
12. HOW THE ETHICAL EXPERIENCE DEFINES ADULTHOOD: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Stéphanie Gaudet
PART 5: SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND WELL-BEING
13. WORK-FAMILY SPILLOVER AMONG DUAL-EARNER COUPLES
Joyce Altobelli and Phyllis Moen
14. SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS: RESOURCES AND OBSTACLES TO OLDER WOMEN’S HEALTH ADAPTATIONS AND WELL-BEING
Karen A. Roberto and Erica K. Husser