@article{32518,
  abstract     = {{This study investigates age-related changes and dyadic-specific differences in adult child–parent
relationships. Using an individuation framework, two German samples of 224 and 105 participants
aged between 21 and 47 years were administered the Network of Relationships Inventory, the
Emotional Autonomy Scale and the Authority Reciprocity Questionnaire. Factor analyses resulted
in a measurement model valid for adult children, their mothers and fathers. The model includes
connectedness (with emotional and cognitive aspects) as well as individuality (assessed as power
symmetry). Connectedness decreased with age. Symmetry in father–child relationships increased over
time, while mother–child relationships were perceived to be symmetrical by early adulthood.
Child–mother relationships were more connected than child–father relationships. Sons described
themselves as more powerful than did daughters.}},
  author       = {{Buhl, Heike M.}},
  journal      = {{International Journal of Behavioral Development}},
  keywords     = {{adult child–parent relationships, adulthood, connectedness, Germany, individuation, symmetry}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{381 -- 389}},
  title        = {{{Development of a model describing individuated adult child-parent relationships}}},
  volume       = {{32}},
  year         = {{2008}},
}