From grandparenthood to great-grandparenthood. Exploring a family role

  1. Pedro Javier Castañeda-García 1
  2. Cristina Valle-Sanz 1
  3. Josué Gutiérrez-Barroso 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Laguna
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    Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristobal de La Laguna, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9z8p25

Revue:
Anuario de psicología

ISSN: 0066-5126

Année de publication: 2017

Volumen: 47

Número: 3

Pages: 115-122

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/J.ANPSIC.2018.01.003 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

D'autres publications dans: Anuario de psicología

Résumé

Background: In the light of the growing presence of a fourth generation in families, that of the great-grandparents, this study examines the interaction between individuals of this generation and their great-grandchildren taking into account their prior role as grandparents and certain sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: Descriptive study with 46 participants with great-grandchildren, who completed an interview that involved answering questions about sociodemographic variables and some of the most frequent intergenerational activities. The Wilcoxon, Kruskal---Wallis, and Mann---Whitney U nonparametric tests were used to analyze the data. Results: The data showed that 80.5% of the great-grandparents engage in interaction with their great-grandchildren in all the activities studied; further, these activities coincide with those previously shared with their grandchildren, albeit at a much lower rate. Age, the presence of health problems, and the number of great-grandchildren are related to a reduction in the frequency of certain shared activities between great-grandparents and great-grandchildren. Conclusions: The results of this initial study of the great-grandparenthood role can help show how this generation’s socializing role can be complementary to the other extended family roles of grandparenthood and parenthood. Our improved understanding of this role can help us better plan for optimizing interventions over the four generations.

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