APPLYING BENGTSON’S MODEL OF INTERGENERATIONAL SOLIDARITY TO CZECH CARING FAMILIES

• Authors: Jeřábek Hynek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper links two research fields: elderly care in families and intergenerational solidarity. Its aim is to apply Bengtson’s general theory of intergenerational solidarity to a specific sample of families currently caring for an elderly family member. Is it possible to apply Bengton’s general theory to a generation of families caring for elderly parents? We compared our findings with the results of studies in the US and the Netherlands and found similar types of families. We also developed and tested a unidimensional scale for measuring family cohesion as a specification of Bengtson’s classic model. Success in comparison offers a chance for generalization of our findings also in other countries under specific circumstances.

Keywords

EN

CAREGIVING; FAMILY; MULTIGENERATIONAL BONDS; SOLIDARITY; BENGTSON V. L.

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 584 – 602

Contributors

author

Jeřábek Hynek

• Faculty of Arts & Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, U Kříže 8, 158 01 Praha 5, Czech Republic

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2019.51.6.24