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| Effects of surrogate parenting on grandparents' well-being | | Author(s) | Maximiliane E Szinovacz, Stanley DeViney, Maxine P Atkinson |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 54B, no 6, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp S376-388 |
| Keywords | Grandparents as carers ; Grandparents ; Living patterns ; Grandchildren ; Life satisfaction ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Analyses rely on data from a sub-sample from the US National Survey of Families and Households consisting of black and white grandparents with grandchildren younger than age 18 (n=1,789). Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression and path analyses are used to identify direct and indirect effects of grandchildren's move into and out of grandparents' household on change in depressive symptoms and life satisfaction (residualised gain scores). Data indicate that grandchildren's move into the household increases depressive symptoms among grandmothers, whilst grandchildren leaving the household leads to reduced well-being among grandfathers. Grandmothers report less participation in church activities and more support from friends and relatives after the grandchildren move in, whereas grandfathers frequent bars/taverns more when grandchildren move in, and reduce time spent with church activities and paid work when grandchildren remain in the household. These findings suggest a definite gender difference in surrogate parenting, which are partially contingent on grandparents' vulnerabilities before grandchildren join the household. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000306235 A |
| Classmark | P6:SW: SW: K7: SW5: F:5HH: 3F: 7T |
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