GRANDPARENT/ADULT GRANDCHILD RELATIONS & PSYCHOLOGICAL

这项研究的目的是调查结构，前置因素 以及祖父母和他们的父母之间的关系的后果 青少年/成年孙辈。由于寿命的显著增加 在过去的一个世纪里，父母更有可能 最终成为祖父母并存活足够长的时间 与孙子孙女的关系。然而，我们对此知之甚少。 这种重要的代际成人关系。 本研究的目标可以概括为：L)确定和 描述祖孙关系的一系列风格 在当代家庭中有，2)检查多样性的来源 祖孙关系，包括与 族裔、性别、健康和婚姻状况以及调解作用 由父母一代扮演，3)描述文化差异 墨西哥裔美国人和盎格鲁人的祖孙关系 家庭，4)调查祖父母的连续性和变化- 孙子关系在历史上和生命周期中， 尤其是孙辈过渡后发生的变化 到成年，以及5)调查祖父母的后果- 祖父母关系和角色突出对心理健康的影响- 是两代人的。 这项研究将分析来自两个家庭研究项目的数据 通过多个小组调查了三代家庭成员，以及 数据来自一项关于代际关系的全国性调查。这些项目 是：南加州大学对几代人的纵向研究，调查了受访者 23年来，德克萨斯大学对三代人的研究 墨西哥裔美国家庭对受访者进行了长达11年的调查。这个 这项研究还将分析1990年美国退休人员协会代际研究的数据 联系。作为拟议研究的一部分，祖父母和 参加1990年美国退休人员协会调查的孙子孙女将被追踪并 1996年再次进行了调查。这将第一次提供一个 调查祖孙关系转变的机会 使用具有全国代表性的数据。 潜在类别分析将被用于识别潜在的类型 祖孙关系，以及潜在的过渡分析 用于检查关系类型随时间的变化。的影响 论祖孙关系心理的纵向变化 幸福感将作为直接影响和联合影响进行测试 具有角色凸显和文化适应能力。这项研究将产生重要的 关于祖父母多样性和变化的原因的信息- 拉美裔、非拉美裔和全国范围内的孙子关系 有代表性的家庭以及这些关系对 心理健康。

The purpose of this research is to investigate the structure, antecedents and consequences of the relationships between grandparents and their adolescent/adult grandchildren. Due to dramatic increases in longevity over the last Century, it has become more likely that a parent will eventually become a grandparent and survive long enough to have long-term relationships with grandchildren. Yet, we know relatively little about this important intergenerational adult relationship. The goals of the study can be summarized as follows: l) to identify and describe the range of styles that grandparent-grandchild relationships have in the contemporary family, 2) to examine sources of diversity in grandparent-grandchild relationships, including those related to ethnicity, gender, health and marital status, and the mediating role played by the parental generation, 3) to describe cultural differences in grandparent-grandchild relationships across Mexican-American and Anglo families, 4) to investigate continuity and change in grandparent- grandchild relations over historical time and over the life-cycle, especially change that occurs following the transition of the grandchild to adulthood, and 5) to investigate the consequences of grandparent- grandparent relationships and role salience for the psychological well- being of both generations. This study will analyze data from two family research projects that surveyed members of three generation families over multiple panels, and data from a national survey of intergenerational relations. These projects are: the USC Longitudinal Study of Generations which surveyed respondents over 23 years, and the University of Texas Study of Three Generation Mexican-American Families which surveyed respondents over 11 years. The study will also analyze data from the 1990 AARP Study of Intergenerational Linkages. As a component of the proposed study, grandparents and grandchildren who participated in the 1990 AARP survey will be traced and surveyed again in 1996. This will provide, for the first time, an opportunity to investigate transitions in grandparent-grandchild relations using nationally representative data. Latent class analysis will be used to identify the underlying types of grandparent-grandchild relations, and latent transition analysis will be used to examine changes in relational types over time. The influence of grandparent-grandchild relations on longitudinal changes in psychological well-being will be tested, both as a direct effect, and in conjunction with role salience and acculturation. This research will yield important information about the causes of diversity and change in grandparent- grandchild relationships within Hispanic, non-Hispanic and nationally representative families, and the consequences of these relationship for psychological well-being.