ABSTRACT
In previous research on parent–child relationships the focus has been on childhood and adolescence, and the question of how parents and their adult offspring relate to each other over the lifespan and in changing environments and different cultural contexts has received far less attention. Lifespan and culture-informed studies on parent–child relationships over the lifespan are rare. This is surprising because it has become a widely shared goal in developmental psychology to take a lifespan perspective and to take contextual factors into account. The importance of a lifespan and contextual perspective on parent–child relationships is obvious in light of the ongoing dramatic sociodemographic changes and related economic, social, and political problems. Increased longevity all over the world affects the prolonged time span that parents and their adult children share.
