Frequency of Contact and Explanations for Increased Contact between Grandchildren and Their Grandparents during the COVID-19 Pandemic

McDarby, Meghan; Ju, Catherine; Carpenter, Brian

doi:10.1080/15350770.2020.1852995

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“…There were no differences between participants on their own or with their spouses. In other recent studies (MacDarby et al, 2020), the results showed that distant communication with grandparents was significantly more frequent during the pandemic compared to before the pandemic (by telephone, video chatting, texting, email). Also, depending on the counAtry, grandparents were able to physically separate from their grandchildren to protect their health, in the case of the UK, and quite the opposite in the case of South Africa (Cantillon et al, 2021).…”

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“…In the research and study of family relationships, the role of grandmothers and the related benefits is well known, but that of grandfathers has largely been ignored (Jensen et al, 2018). The current Covid-19 pandemic is prompting new and urgent research on its consequences on these intergenerational relationships (Cantillon et al, 2021;Lyu et al, 2020;MacDarby et al, 2020), with the cen-tral question of how this contact between them is already changing.…”

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An analysis of the activities shared between grandfathers and grandchildren.

García

Santana-Rodríguez²,

Quinteiro³

et al. 2022

anuariodepsicologia

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Given the lack of knowledge around the family role of grandfatherhood, a study was conducted about the activities shared between a group of grandparents with their grandchildren, before and during the Covid-19 lockdown. This study of 110 grandfathers (mean age 73.6) included participants’ sociodemographic profile; their satisfaction with five different types of activities shared with their grandchildren, both on their own and with their spouses; and their general views of the grandparenting role. Data were analyzed using descriptive and non-parametric inferential methods (Mann-Whitney U test, the Kruskal-Wallis test, chi square, and correlations). Data showed that participants, who were mostly married and retired, showed three satisfaction levels with their grandchildren: high for family celebrations, average for activities involving play and sociocultural transmission, and low for housework and academic/intellectual activities. Participants’ age, marital status, health status, and education, as well as the age and number of grandchildren, were associated with these satisfaction levels. Most participants favored the formal grandparenting role, and marital status, health status, education, and grandchildren’s age and sex were associated with their views of grandparenting roles. Physical contact during the Covid-19 lockdown dropped by 72.7%. We concluded that activities shared between grandfathers and grandchildren and views on the grandparenting role are influenced by the sociodemographic variables of both. These results need to be expanded with more research.

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An analysis of the activities shared between grandfathers and grandchildren.

García

Santana-Rodríguez²,

Quinteiro³

et al. 2022

anuariodepsicologia

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“…The grandparent-grandchild attachment is a basic intergenerational relationship that can be useful for both generations. Intergenerational integrity can help reduce social isolation and loneliness among the older adults who have stopped driving during the COVID-19 pandemic and decrease ageism in young adults ( McDarby et al, 2021 ).…”

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Facing double jeopardy: Experiences of driving cessation in older adults during COVID-19 pandemic

Abootalebi

Delbari

Momtaz

et al. 2021

Journal of Transport & Health

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“…Research reports mixed findings about the nature and changes of intergenerational contact during the COVID-19 pandemic. McDarby, Ju, and Carpenter [ 30 ] assessed different forms of contact (via telephone and online platforms) between American young adults and their grandparents (April 2020) and found that telephone and online contact increased during the pandemic compared to before the pandemic, mainly because of worry about grandparents. Vergauwen et al [ 31 ] examined a large cross-country dataset (June–July 2020) on older adults’ contact with non-cohabitating children and found that overall contact did not decrease during the pandemic, but rather increased for a large proportion of respondents and decreased only for a minority of respondents.…”

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“…While that phase is very intriguing for research on intergenerational contact because of the very strong call to separate and to avoid physical contact especially with older people, contact habits can change, and therefore intergenerational contact should also be investigated during subsequent phases of the pandemic. Third, most of the research has examined only the point of view of older adults, while the point of view of non-older adults has remained underexplored, for exceptions see [ 30 , 32 ].…”

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Are You Willing to Protect the Health of Older People? Intergenerational Contact and Ageism as Predictors of Attitudes toward the COVID-19 Vaccination Passport

Visintin

Tasso

2022

IJERPH

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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the vulnerability of older people to COVID-19 has been stressed in political discourse and the mass media, with the call to protect older adults. Therefore, policies aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus, such as the COVID-19 vaccination passport policy, might be perceived as policies aimed at preserving the health of older people, and negative attitudes toward older people (i.e., ageism) might underlie negative attitudes toward such policies. While intergenerational contact is one of the main antecedents of reduced ageism, the pandemic has forced people to separate, and direct intergenerational contact in particular might have been reduced, possibly being replaced by telephone and virtual contact. In a correlational study (N = 153 Italian university students) we found that quantity and quality of direct intergenerational contact diminished during the pandemic. Virtual intergenerational contact was unexpectedly less frequent than direct contact. Quality of direct contact before the pandemic was associated, over and above the effects of other contact forms under investigation, with reduced ageism, which was in turn associated with negative attitude toward the vaccination passport. Findings will be discussed focusing on the roles of intergenerational contact and ageism for public health.

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Frequency of Contact and Explanations for Increased Contact between Grandchildren and Their Grandparents during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 20 publications

References 39 publications

An analysis of the activities shared between grandfathers and grandchildren.

An analysis of the activities shared between grandfathers and grandchildren.

Facing double jeopardy: Experiences of driving cessation in older adults during COVID-19 pandemic

Are You Willing to Protect the Health of Older People? Intergenerational Contact and Ageism as Predictors of Attitudes toward the COVID-19 Vaccination Passport

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