Grandmotherhood: A Study of Role Conceptions

Robertson, Joan F.

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“…Thus, parents' well-being is expected to increase when (and if) the children become productive members of society (i.e., when the children are older) and especially when the children bear offspring themselves, which is consistent with findings that being a grandparent is often associated with added benefits to well-being (Robertson, 1977). In sum, the evidence regarding child age clearly supports the conclusion that parents of younger children experience lower well-being than parents of older children.…”

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The pains and pleasures of parenting: When, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being?

Nelson¹,

Kushlev²,

Lyubomirsky³

2014

Psychological Bulletin

479

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The pains and pleasures of parenting: When, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being? The relationship between parenthood and well-being has become a hot topic among scholars, media, and general public alike. The research, however, has been mixed-some studies indicate that parents are happier than nonparents, whereas others suggest the reverse. We suggest that the question of whether parents are more or less happy than their childless peers is not the most meaningful one. To reconcile the conflicting literature and expand understanding of the emotional experience of parenthood, we present a model of parents' well-being that describes why and how parents experience more or less happiness than nonparents (i.e., mediators of the link between parenthood and well-being). We then apply this model to explain when parents are more likely to experience more or less happiness (i.e., moderators of parents' well-being, such as parent age or child temperament). Supporting our model, we review 3 primary methodological approaches: studies comparing parents and nonparents, studies examining changes in well-being across the transition to parenthood, and studies comparing parents' experiences while with their children to their other daily activities. Our review suggests that the relationship between parenthood and well-being is highly complex. We propose that parents are unhappy to the extent that they encounter relatively greater negative emotions, magnified financial problems, more sleep disturbance, and troubled marriages. By contrast, when parents experience greater meaning in life, satisfaction of their basic needs, greater positive emotions, and enhanced social roles, they are met with happiness and joy.

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The pains and pleasures of parenting: When, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being?

Nelson¹,

Kushlev²,

Lyubomirsky³

2014

Psychological Bulletin

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461

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“…É interessante notar que apenas uma minoria de avós não presta qualquer tipo de apoio instrumental, nem antes, nem após a separação/divórcio dos pais (conforme Tabela 1), o que vem comprovar o que fora salientado por Hader (1965), Neugarten e Weinstein (1964), Robertson (1977), de um não envolvimento no papel dos avós por parte de alguns.…”

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Papel dos avós: apoio oferecido aos netos antes e após situações de separação/divórcio dos pais

Araújo

Dias

2002

Estud. psicol. (Natal)

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ResumoA presente pesquisa teve como objetivo averiguar os tipos de apoio oferecidos pelos avós aos netos antes e após situações de separação/divórcio dos pais, bem como a existência ou não de alterações nas formas de apoio. Foram considerados dois tipos de apoio: o emocional e o instrumental, sob a influência das seguintes variáveis: distância geográfica, custódia parental, vinculação materna ou paterna, idade, situação empregatícia e estado civil dos avós. Participaram da mesma 30 avós que não moravam com os netos, antes nem após a separação/divórcio dos pais. O instrumento utilizado foi um questionário contendo itens que atendiam aos objetivos da pesquisa, bem como os dados sócio-demográficos. Os resultados indicaram uma preferência, por parte dos avós, pelas atividades do tipo emocional, notando-se um aumento, em geral, após a separação/divórcio, nas seguintes atividades: dar conselhos, transmitir informações sobre a família, telefonar e uma diminuição na atividade visitar.Palavras-chave: Avós-netos, Relacionamento intergeracional, Separação/divórcio. Abstract The grandparents role: Support offered to the grandchildren before and after situations of parent's separation/divorceThe present research aimed to discover the types of support offered by the grandparents to grandchildren, before and after the parents' separation/divorce, as well as the possible changes in the forms of support. Two types of support were analyzed: the emotional and the instrumental, considering the influence of the following variables: geographical distance, custody, maternal or paternal link, age, marital status and grandparents' job situation. The subjects were 30 grandparents who didn't live with their grandchildren, before or after the parent's separation/divorce, were selected. The instrument used was a questionnaire with items which met the objectives of the research. The social demographic factors were also considered. Results indicated a preference for activities of the emotional type, with a general increase, after the separation/divorce, in activities such as: giving advice, transmitting information concerning the family, and telephoning. There was a decrease in the visiting activities.

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“…Since the seminal article by Neugarten and Weinstein (1964), the grandparent role has been studied in different countries (e.g., Hurme, 1988Hurme, , 1991Hurme & Metsäpelto, 2004;Mueller & Elder, 2003;Robertson, 1977) but it has more seldom been related to different aspects of the grandparent-grandchild relation. In this article, the authors look at the relation between grandparent types and contacts with grandchildren.…”

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Traditional and New Forms of Contact Between Grandparents and Grandchildren

Hurme

Westerback

Quadrello

2010

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

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The article concerns factors predicting different types of both traditional and modern forms of grandparent-grandchild communication in a sample of Finnish grandparents and in a separate sample of Finnish grandchildren between 11-13 and 16-17 years of age. The data has been gathered using a New Technologies Questionnaire in both samples and the Grandparent Role Inventory in the grandparent sample. In the grandparent sample, age, gender, education, the geographical distance between the two generations, and four factor scores of grandparenting style have been used as predictors of different types of contact frequency in categorical regression analyses. The same types of analyses have been carried out in the grandchild sample with age, gender, the age of the grandparent, and proximity to the grandparent as predictors. A significant relation between the proximity between the generations (measured in time) and all forms of contact frequency is found both in the grandparent and grandchild sample. There are fewer face-to face contacts, landline phone contacts, and mobile contacts the farther away the generations live but more letters and/or cards. In the grandchild sample, the farther away the generations live, the less the grandchildren use short message service, or text messaging. The study also finds a significant relation between contact frequency and the factor of formal

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Grandmotherhood: A Study of Role Conceptions

Cited by 134 publications

References 20 publications

The pains and pleasures of parenting: When, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being?

The pains and pleasures of parenting: When, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being?

Papel dos avós: apoio oferecido aos netos antes e após situações de separação/divórcio dos pais

Traditional and New Forms of Contact Between Grandparents and Grandchildren

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