Relationships Flashcards
Boomerang Kids
Children who return to their parents’ home
after living on their own.
Cohabitation Effect
Couples who would likely not have gotten married
had they been living apart slide into marriage
because they already are living together
and it appears to be the thing to do next.
Complex Families
A family that includes at least one child of
both parents as well as at least one child of
one parent only.
Gender Inequality
Unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals
based on their gender due to differences
in socially constructed gender roles.
Grey Divorce
A term used to describe marriage dissolution
among adults over age 50 years after approximately
20 years or more of marriage.
Instrumental Support
Various types of help that friends may
provide such as transportation or helping
with a housing move.
Intergenerational Conflict
The potential conflict between older and
younger generations as they compete for jobs
and resources.
Intergenerational Trauma
The transmission of oppression and its negative
consequences across generations.
Living Apart Together Relationships
A committed relationship between two
people in which separate households
are maintained.
Panini Sandwich
Older adults who are caring for themselves
and another such as an adult child with
a disability.
Sandwich Generation
Individuals who find themselves caring
for their aging parents as well as their
own children.
Simple Families
A family in which all children are the biological
or adopted children of only one married
spouse or common -law partner.
Skip-Generation Households
Grandparents living with their grandchildren
with no middle generation present.
Socio-emotional Selectivity
A theory that argues that social contact is
motivated by a variety of goals including
information seeking, self-concept, and emotional
regulation.
Stepfamily
A family that is formed on the remarriage
of a divorced or widowed person and that
includes one or more children.
