Grandparenting and Adolescent Adjustment in Two-Parent Biological, Lone-Parent, and Step-Families
Grandparenting and Adolescent Adjustment in Two-Parent Biological, Lone-Parent, and Step-Families
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DOI：
10.1037/a0014383
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发表时间：
2009-02-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Griggs, Julia
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作者：
Attar-Schwartz, Shalhevet;Tan, Jo-Pei;Griggs, Julia
关于祖父母养育子女与青少年福祉之间的联系的研究有限，特别是从青少年的角度。本研究探讨祖父母参与是否在双亲、单亲和继父母家庭中有所不同，以及这是否对不同家庭结构的青少年的情绪和行为调整有不同的贡献。该研究基于来自英格兰和威尔士的1，515名中学生（年龄11-16岁）的样本，他们完成了结构化问卷。分层回归分析的结果显示，在整个样本中，祖父母参与程度越高，情绪问题越少（p < .01），亲社会行为越多（p < .001）。此外，虽然在不同的家庭结构中，祖父母的参与程度没有差异，但与双亲生物学家庭相比，单亲家庭和继父母家庭的青少年的祖父母参与与适应困难减少的相关性更强。一个可能的含义是，祖父母参与单亲和继家庭的积极作用，应该在家庭心理学更强调。
There is limited research on the links between grandparenting and adolescents' well-being, especially from the perspective of the adolescents. The study examined whether grandparent involvement varied in two-parent biological, lone-parent, and step- families and whether this had a different contribution to the emotional and behavioral adjustment of adolescents across different family structures. The study is based on a sample of 1,515 secondary school students (ages 11-16 years) from England and Wales who completed a structured questionnaire. Findings of hierarchical regression analyses showed that among the whole sample, greater grandparent involvement was associated with fewer emotional problems (p < .01) and with more prosocial behavior (p < .001). In addition, while there were no differences in the level of grandparent involvement across the different family structures, grandparent involvement was more strongly associated with reduced adjustment difficulties among adolescents from lone-parent and step- families than those from two-parent biological families. A possible implication is that the positive role of grandparent involvement in lone-parent and step- families should be more emphasized in family psychology.