Grandparenthood and Grandparenting in Asia

Dommaraju, Premchand; Wong, Shawn

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“…However, grandparents may also step into the role of primary custodial caregivers, acting as custodial grandparents and residing with their grandchildren, in the absence of parents (Dunn & Wamsley, 2018), which is often observed in indigenous community contexts (Fuller-Thomson, 2005; Hsieh et al, 2017; Lewis et al, 2018). In Asian countries, the global rise of skipped-generation households has meanwhile become prominent as a household strategy to facilitate both internal and international labour migration of adult children (Hoang et al, 2015; Teerawichitchainan & Low, 2021), allowing parents to leave their children behind to be raised by the grandparents (Chen & Liu, 2012; Danielsbacka et al, 2022; Dommaraju & Wong, 2022).…”

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“…While custodial grandparenting in Asia is on the rise, mostly due to migration, the diversity of custodial grandparenting is under-researched in Asian contexts, where crisis-led grandparenting is reported as comparatively less common (Dommaraju & Wong, 2022: 6). So far, there are only few studies on South Asian grandparents and mentions of custodial grandparents raising ‘left-behind’ grandchildren in South Asian countries (Ajay, 2024; Deepak, 2005).…”

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Custodial Grandmothers in the Attappadi Indigenous Belt of Kerala: Towards Recognition and Action

Athira V.H.,

Nalini R.,

Choolayil

2024

South Asia Research

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The phenomenon of custodial grandparents has increased in South Asia and elsewhere, partly due to the growing trend of parents migrating for work, but often because of the untimely demise of one or both parents, illness, alcoholism and related issues affecting the birth parents. Adopting a phenomenological lens, this article explores the lived experiences and perceived needs of 10 custodial grandmothers from the Attappadi indigenous belt in Kerala to discuss how they cope with multiple challenges. Data gathering through indigenous storytelling methods and an interpretive phenomenological analysis points to new forms of feminisation of caregiving through custodial grandparenting, which require further research. Within the complex socio-economic and health contexts of the selected sample, our fieldwork explores the implications of the absence of the middle generation, which creates a network of intersecting disadvantages. We argue that the resulting calls for better support networks to assist these indigenous custodial grandmothers need to be addressed effectively at the levels of policy and practice.

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Custodial Grandmothers in the Attappadi Indigenous Belt of Kerala: Towards Recognition and Action

Athira V.H.,

Nalini R.,

Choolayil

2024

South Asia Research

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Application of an integrated behaviour-change model on grandparental adherence towards childhood domestic injury prevention in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study

Chiu,

Capio,

Hagger

et al. 2024

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Background/purposeEvery year, unintentional injury claims thousands of children’s lives and causes disabilities in many more. For very young children, these injuries often occur at home. The risks of domestic injury can be reduced through proper implementation of injury preventive measures. In this study, we investigated the motivational and belief processes underlying childhood domestic injury prevention in grandparent caregivers based on the integrated model of self-determination theory and theory of planned behaviour.MethodGrandparents (n=299, mean age=62.61 years, SD=5.91, men=20.07%) of 0–2-year-old infants and toddlers self-reported their perceived psychological need support, autonomous motivation, perceived behavioural control (PBC), subjective norms, attitude, intention and adherence with regard to domestic injury prevention for their children at two time points (T1: baseline, T2: 4-month follow-up).Results/outcomesData were analysed with structural equation modelling, and the proposed model yielded an acceptable fit with the data: χ2=905.09 (df=531), Comparative Fit Index=0.94, Tucker-Lewis Index=0.93, root mean square error of approximation=0.05 and standardised root mean square residual=0.078. Our results supported our hypothesis, demonstrating significant and positive associations between the following key constructs: (1) psychological need support from family and autonomous motivation; (2) autonomous motivation and social-cognitive beliefs; (3) social-cognitive beliefs and intentions; and (4) intention and behavioural adherence. Subjective norms and PBC, but not attitudes, were also found to significantly mediate the indirect effects of psychological need support and autonomous motivation on intention and behavioural adherence.ConclusionsOverall, the integrated model seems to be a feasible framework for explaining grandparents’ domestic injury prevention behaviour.

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Grandparenthood and Grandparenting in Asia

Cited by 2 publications

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Custodial Grandmothers in the Attappadi Indigenous Belt of Kerala: Towards Recognition and Action

Custodial Grandmothers in the Attappadi Indigenous Belt of Kerala: Towards Recognition and Action

Application of an integrated behaviour-change model on grandparental adherence towards childhood domestic injury prevention in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study

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