Intergenerational influence and quality of life : a study within families with a child with a disability
(2013) Psychologica Belgica — Vol. 53, n° 3, p. 25 (2013)
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De Mol, Jan 
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- The aim of the present study was to investigate (a) how intergenerational influence takes form within families with a child with a disability, and (b) the extent to which positive and negative influence – as perceived by family members – within and across generations, is predictive of family members' subjective quality of life. The study involved 60 two-parent two-child families where one of the children had a disability. Within a round-robin design, family members completed self-report measures of felt influence within their family and subjective quality of life. The main findings suggest that interpersonal influence as perceived by parents and children (a) varies as a function of valence (positive vs. negative) and target (from whom the influence is felt); and (b) is related to subjective quality of life. However, there seem to be differential effects of the distinct dimensions of influence (positive vs. negative; intergenerational vs. intragenerational) depending on whose quality of life is examined.
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Migerode, F., Buysse, A., Maes, B., De Mol, J., & Verhofstadt, L. (2013). Intergenerational influence and quality of life : a study within families with a child with a disability. Psychologica Belgica, 53(3), 25. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb-53-3-25 (Original work published 2013)