Grandparent involvement and preschoolers’ social adjustment in Chinese three-generation families: Examining moderating and mediating effects

Luo, Yuhan; Qi, Mengdi; Huntsinger, Carol S.; Zhang, Qin; Xu, Xuan; Wang, Yun

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105057

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“…Therefore, future research can investigate how fathers’ burnout influences their adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems, and compare the similarities and differences of fathers and mothers in this process. Moreover, grandparents may also play an important role in caregiving in some Chinese families (Li & Liu, 2019; Luo et al, 2020). For example, previous evidence suggests that, similar to Chinese mothers whose parenting stress was related to mother–child conflict, grandmothers’ parenting stress was also related to grandmother–child conflict (Zou et al, 2020).…”

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Chinese mothers’ parental burnout and adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems: The mediating role of maternal hostility.

Chen¹,

Qu²,

Yang³

et al. 2022

Developmental Psychology

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Parental burnout is a state that parents feel exhausted in their parental role. Although past research has examined concurrent correlates of parental burnout, the impacts of parental burnout on adolescent development over time remain largely unknown. The current study explored the indirect mechanisms linking mothers' parental burnout to adolescents' later internalizing and externalizing problems through maternal hostility among Chinese families. Using a sample of 606 adolescents (51.5% boys; M age = 12.89 years old) and their mothers (M age = 38.50 years old), this three-wave longitudinal study showed that mothers' parental burnout was predictive of adolescents' perceptions of their mothers' parental hostility over time, which were in turn related to adolescents' later internalizing and externalizing problems. Moreover, mothers' parental burnout was directly related to adolescents' later externalizing problems. Taken together, parental burnout played a role in adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems over time through increased parental hostility. These findings underscore the importance of parental burnout on parenting behavior and adolescent adjustment.

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Chinese mothers’ parental burnout and adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems: The mediating role of maternal hostility.

Chen¹,

Qu²,

Yang³

et al. 2022

Developmental Psychology

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“…Lou et al (2020) also disclosed a similar nding in their study. The utilization of educational interventions based on social skills can cause the enhancement of elderlies' social adjustment [23]. In Cheng's (2020) study, the educational intervention on positive attitudes, memory reviews, problem-coping skills, and fear and reality acceptance could signi cantly improve the social adjustment of oldsters [24].…”

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Perception of Aging Modifies Social Adjustment of Iranian Veterans: a Randomised Controlled Trial

Asadollahi¹,

Ghahremani²,

Maghsoudi³

2021

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Background: Retirement is a challenge for veterans during their life course. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of educational intervention on the perception of aging and social adjustment during retirement. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 100 military retirees in Shiraz, Iran. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire, Perception of Aging, and Social Adjustment. The educational intervention used included six training sessions on the subject of mindfulness, physical and psychological changes of aging, health and self-care management, attitudes toward aging, and social and family relationships in old age. Data were collected at the beginning of the study and two months after the intervention and then analyzed using SPSS version 25. Results: The results showed no significant difference between the control and intervention groups in terms of demographic variables, perception of aging, and social adjustment before the educational intervention. However, the perception of aging significantly decreased, and social adjustment increased in the intervention group after the educational intervention. Improving the perception of aging and parents' perceived role can positively affect social adjustment. Multiple regression analysis indicated a predictive model for social adjustment in later life. Conclusions: With increased knowledge of the retirees on self-care, their perceptions of aging and their role in later life improved and predicte social adjustment.

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“…One study conducted with 300 preschoolers in Chinese multiple-generational families showed that grandparental involvement facilitates children's social skills and reduces internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems but this relation is moderated by children's approach or withdrawal tendencies which means only children tending to withdraw instead of approach benefited from grandparental involvement. Grandparents may also help with reducing parental stress for children (Luo et al, 2020). The harmonious parent-grandparent coparenting relationship can also contribute to social competence among preschoolers' .…”

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The Role of Grandparental Sensitivity and Parental Sensitivity in Infant Cognitive Development in China: A Pilot Study

Emmen

Woudstra

et al. 2022

J Child Fam Stud

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Grandparental caregiving is common in China, which can directly impact grandchild development. In addition, grandparents may have an indirect impact on children through their relationship with and support of the parents. However, associations between grandparenting, parenting, and child outcomes are rarely investigated. The current study is a pilot study which includes 42 mothers, fathers, and co-residing grandparents in China, and examines whether grandparental sensitivity relates to parental sensitivity (biological child of the grandparent), and whether grandparental sensitivity and maternal and paternal sensitivity each uniquely contribute to 14-month-old children’s Executive Function (EF). Results did not show a significant relation between parental and grandparental sensitivity or a unique contribution of sensitivity from mothers, fathers, or grandparents to infant EF. Our findings from exploratory analyses showed differences in sensitivity of grandparents and parents towards the third generation but did not confirm a combined effect of multiple caregivers on infant EF development in China.

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Grandparent involvement and preschoolers’ social adjustment in Chinese three-generation families: Examining moderating and mediating effects

Cited by 29 publications

References 65 publications

Chinese mothers’ parental burnout and adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems: The mediating role of maternal hostility.

Chinese mothers’ parental burnout and adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems: The mediating role of maternal hostility.

Perception of Aging Modifies Social Adjustment of Iranian Veterans: a Randomised Controlled Trial

The Role of Grandparental Sensitivity and Parental Sensitivity in Infant Cognitive Development in China: A Pilot Study

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