Which activities do great-grandparents and great-grandchildren share in family contexts? An analysis of a new intergenerational relationship.

  1. Castañeda-García, Pedro Javier 1
  2. Cruz-Santana, Vanesa 1
  3. Hernández-Garrido, Fayna 1
  4. Díaz-Rodríguez, Paula 1
  5. Romero-González, Sara 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)
Zeitschrift:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728,  1695-2294

Datum der Publikation: 2021

Ausgabe: 37

Nummer: 2

Seiten: 265-275

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.6018/ANALESPS.355631 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDIGITUM editor

Andere Publikationen in: Anales de psicología

Zusammenfassung

The main aim of this study was to find out more about the role of great-grandparenthood. A group of participants with great-grandchildren (n=78) was interviewed using a questionnaire containing questions that had been put through a previous pilot study, covering participants’ sociodemographics, the activities that participants shared with their great-grandchildren, and their view of the role of great-grandparent and their related degree of satisfaction. The data were recorded and analyzed both with frequency tables and descriptive statistics and with the Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test. The results showed several significant relationships between the shared activities and the sociodemographic variables, such as great-grandparents’ age (p ≤ .05), education (p ≤ .01), health status (p ≤ .05), the distance at which they live from their great-grandchildren (p ≤ .05). Also, it was found that participants generally consider the role of great-grandparent to be a continuation of their prior role as grandparent, albeit from the perspective of a formal intergenerational typology, distinct from the informal typology and, above all, opposed to the role of substitute/surrogate. Greater perceived satisfaction was associated with this typical interaction of the formal role (p ≤ .01). Great-grandparents may already be fulfilling a notable function in today’s four-generation families.

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