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| Perceived self-efficacy and grandparenting | | Author(s) | Valarie King, Glen H Elder Jr |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 53B, no 5, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp S249-S257 |
| Keywords | Grandparents ; Family relationships ; Attitude ; Grandchildren ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Perceived efficacy refers to beliefs in one's effectiveness in dealing with prospective tasks or situations that often involve many ambiguous, unpredictable and stressful elements, where judgments rather than skills are of importance. In this study, the authors hypothesise that those who feel efficacious as grandparents will play a larger and more active role in the lives of their grandchildren than those who feel they have little influence. A sample of 883 grandparents comes from two related studies of rural families: the Iowa Youth and Families Project, and the Iowa Single Parents Project. Results show much variability in perceptions of being able to influence one's grandchild. Church attendance, knowledge of one's own grandparents, a farm history, and strong grandparent-parent bond, proximity, and having fewer grandchildren emerged as significant predictors of grandparents' perceptions of efficacy. With an increasing number of grandparents taking responsibilities for their grandchildren, a greater understanding of the experiences and resources that enhance their sense of personal efficacy in this role warrants priority in generational studies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010117210 A |
| Classmark | SW: DS:SJ: DP: SW5: RL: 7T |
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