Drew Linda M, Silverstein Merril
Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2007 Sep;21(3):372-9. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.372.
This study examined how loss of contact with grandchildren due to parental separation or divorce, family feud, or a sudden event, such as relocation, affected the emotional well-being of grandparents (N = 442). Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Generations, the depressive symptoms of grandparents were tracked over 15 years. Growth curve analysis was used to compare grandparents who had lost contact with their grandchildren with those who had not and to examine preloss to postloss change in depressive symptoms. Grandparents who lost contact with their grandchildren experienced a steeper increase in depressive symptoms as they aged compared with other grandparents. Depressive symptoms of grandparents who lost contact because of a sudden event increased up to 3 years following the loss but returned to equilibrium thereafter. The authors conclude that grandparents who lost contact with their grandchildren experienced a negative impact on their emotional health.
本研究调查了因父母分居或离婚、家庭不和或诸如搬迁等突发事件而与孙辈失去联系，是如何影响祖父母（N = 442）的情绪健康的。利用来自世代纵向研究的数据，对祖父母的抑郁症状进行了15年的跟踪。采用生长曲线分析来比较与孙辈失去联系的祖父母和未失去联系的祖父母，并研究抑郁症状在失去联系前后的变化。与其他祖父母相比，与孙辈失去联系的祖父母随着年龄增长，抑郁症状的增加更为显著。因突发事件而失去联系的祖父母，其抑郁症状在失去联系后的3年内有所增加，但此后恢复到平衡状态。作者得出结论，与孙辈失去联系的祖父母，其情绪健康受到了负面影响。
