Individual und dyadic experiences in the transition to grandparenthood II

向祖父母过渡的个人和二元经历 II

• 批准号: 432962483
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Bettina Wiese
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Psychologie
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/432962483?language=en
• 关键词: Individual; und; dyadic; experiences; transition

This project builds on the project “Individual and dyadic experiences in the transition to grandparenthood". It addresses the relevance of the transition to grandparenthood for individual and couple experiences. More precisely, we examine (a) grandparenthood as an important life longing for those who have adult children but no grandchildren, (b) the transitional process itself and its effects on work-related attitudes, and, finally, (b) the enjoyment of grandparenthood in grandparental couples. Data from one cross-sectional and two longitudinal studies will be analyzed. The first study is devoted to the conceptualization and operationalization of the longing for grandparenthood and the relevance of this longing for subjective well-being. Based on data that had been collected in the first funding period (N = 450 individuals with at least one adult child, no grandchildren yet), it was shown that longing for a grandparenthood is associated with lower life satisfaction, but that emotional support in the partnership is able to mitigate this relationship. In the second study, based on a multi-wave longitudinal design (four measurement occasions with six-month intervals), we analyze how the transition to grandparenthood affects attitudes towards work and retirement. For this purpose, periods before having a grandchild will be compared with those as (expectant) grandparents. Moreover, trajectories of work-related attitudes among (becoming) grandparents will be contrasted with trajectories among those individuals who do not experience the transition during the two-year observation. The sample will include N = 600 individuals who either are already grandparents, become grandparents during the observation period, or do not experience this transition during this period. In the third study, a dyadic approach is taken. Here, N = 190 grandparental couples (with grandchildren up to a maximum age of eight years) respond to questionnaires at two measurement occasions (four-week interval). The aim is to test whether the joy and fulfillment aroused by the grandchild is not only positively related to one’s own well-being (e.g., meaning of life, satisfaction with the partnership), but is also reflected in the well-being of one’s partner.

该项目是在“向祖父母过渡的个人和二元经验”项目的基础上开展的。它解决了向祖父母身份过渡对个人和夫妇经验的相关性。更准确地说，我们研究（a）祖父母是那些有成年子女但没有孙子孙女的人的重要生活愿望，（B）过渡过程本身及其对工作态度的影响，最后，（B）祖父母夫妇享受祖父母身份。将对一项横断面研究和两项纵向研究的数据进行分析。第一项研究致力于概念化和操作化的渴望祖父母和这种渴望主观幸福感的相关性。根据在第一个供资期收集的数据（N = 450人，至少有一个成年子女，还没有孙子孙女），结果表明，渴望成为祖父母与生活满意度较低有关，但伴侣关系中的情感支持能够减轻这种关系。在第二项研究中，基于多波纵向设计（四次测量，间隔六个月），我们分析了向祖父母身份的过渡如何影响对工作和退休的态度。为此，将有孙子之前的时期与（预期）祖父母时期进行比较。此外，（成为）祖父母之间的工作相关的态度轨迹将与那些在两年的观察期间没有经历过渡的人的轨迹进行对比。样本将包括N = 600个已经是祖父母的人，在观察期内成为祖父母的人，或者在观察期内没有经历这种转变的人。在第三项研究中，采用了二元的方法。在这里，N = 190祖父母夫妇（孙子最大年龄为8岁）在两个测量场合（四周间隔）回答问卷。目的是测试孙子引起的快乐和满足感是否不仅与自己的幸福呈正相关（例如，生活的意义，对伙伴关系的满意度），但也反映在一个人的伴侣的福祉。