Using survey data from Finland with over 1,200 respondents, the authors studied conflicts that couples reported having with their own parents and their in-laws.<\/p>\n Overall, Finns reported higher conflict occurrence with their own parents than with their in-laws<\/strong>. Compared to childless couples, couples with children were as likely to report conflicts with their own parents<\/strong>. However, they were more likely to report conflicts with their parents-in-law<\/strong>. The results took into account how frequently family members were in contact with each other and how emotionally close they felt, as well as other sociodemographic factors.<\/p>\n Previous studies have shown that in-laws become more “kin-like” to each other when a grandchild unites kin lineages. Treating an in-law almost as biological kin can make the adults involved feel closer to each other and help each other more, what has been called a “kinship premium.” This study documented evidence also of a “kinship penalty.” As in-laws become more kin-like through the presence of a grandchild, their mutual conflicts increase.<\/p>\n Childcare provided by grandparents is of great help to parents of young children, but may also be a source of conflicts<\/strong>. “Daughters-in-law were more likely to report conflicts when their mother-in-law provided more grandchild care,” says researcher Mirkka Danielsbacka. “This indicates that the increase in conflicts between in-laws are related to grandchild care.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the\u00a0Suomen Akatemia (Academy of Finland) press release: Intergenerational relations include various forms of help and support but also tensions and conflicts. Although relations with in-laws are the subject of… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[526],"tags":[20,101,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23379,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23246\/revisions\/23379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Competition.jpg\")
Intergenerational relations include various forms of help and support but also tensions and conflicts<\/strong>. Although relations with in-laws are the subject of many anecdotes and proverbs across cultures, they remain little studied in contemporary societies. A new study investigates how being a parent is associated with conflicts between family generations<\/strong>. The research is part of the Generational Transfers in Finland — research project lead by Professor Anna Rotkirch and funded by the Academy of Finland.<\/p>\n