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Author: Cha, Hyungmin
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1. Cha, Hyungmin
Crosnoe, Robert
The Health of Mothers of Adult Children with Serious Conditions
Journal of Marriage and Family published online (28 January 2022): DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12823.
Also: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12823
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Children, Illness; Disability; Health, Chronic Conditions; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Mothers, Health

Objective: This study examined the association between parenting adult children with serious conditions and mothers' midlife health in the United States.

Background: The literature about the link between the parenting status of having an adult child with a serious condition and maternal wellbeing can be advanced by systematic analysis of the cumulative role that this parenting status can play in maternal health over the life course as opposed to at any one point.

Methods: Propensity score reweighting models of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979 and its linked child and young adult data estimated disparities in midlife health among mothers of adult children with serious conditions (disabilities, developmental disorders, chronic diseases) and mothers of typically developing children, including examining variation by how long mothers had been in this parenting role and moderation by maternal education and marital status.

Results: Mothers of young adult children with serious conditions had poorer physical (but not mental) health at midlife than other mothers, especially when more years had elapsed since the child was diagnosed with or developed the condition. These patterns did not differ by maternal education and marital status.

Bibliography Citation
Cha, Hyungmin and Robert Crosnoe. "The Health of Mothers of Adult Children with Serious Conditions." Journal of Marriage and Family published online (28 January 2022): DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12823.