Miller S S, Cavanaugh J C
Bowling Green State University.
J Gerontol. 1990 Nov;45(6):P244-6. doi: 10.1093/geronj/45.6.p244.
The meaning of grandparenthood has been a focus of research, especially during the last decade. Types of meanings and variables differentiating these grandparental meanings have been established. Most recently Kivnick (1981, 1982a, 1982b, 1985) has derived a multidimensional framework representing five aspects of the meaning of grandparenthood. The present study attempted to verify whether these five aspects of meaning were related to unique combinations of demographic, social, personal, and health variables. Zero-order correlations showed high intercorrelations among Kivnick's five subscales, and low correlations among the majority of variables. Regression analyses indicated that no more than 30% of the variance in any one of the dimensions could be explained and that considerable overlap existed in the significant predictors across aspects of meanings.
祖父母身份的意义一直是研究的焦点，尤其是在过去十年间。已确定了意义的类型以及区分这些祖父母意义的变量。最近，基夫尼克（1981年、1982a、1982b、1985年）得出了一个多维框架，该框架代表了祖父母身份意义的五个方面。本研究试图验证这五个方面的意义是否与人口统计学、社会、个人和健康变量的独特组合相关。零阶相关性显示，基夫尼克的五个分量表之间存在高度的相互关联性，而大多数变量之间的相关性较低。回归分析表明，任何一个维度中不超过30%的方差能够得到解释，并且在意义各方面的显著预测因素中存在相当大的重叠。
