School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
Fam Community Health. 2012 Oct-Dec;35(4):287-99. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31826665d0.
This study examined how life satisfaction and grandparent caregiving intensity changed over time among rural Chinese older adults, and whether there was a leading predictor between grandparent caregiving intensity and life satisfaction. Using 4 waves of data from the Well-being of Elderly in Anhui Province of China (N = 1704), we applied latent difference score analysis to explore this relationship. Results indicated that grandparent caregiving intensity decreased and life satisfaction increased over time. There was a lagged effect between grandparent caregiving intensity and life satisfaction, and life satisfaction demonstrated a leading prediction role between these 2 variables. This study confirmed the potentially rewarding aspect of grandparent caregiving, which may lead to greater life satisfaction. The results also revealed that psychological well-being among grandparents is very important for performing activities, such as caregiving.
本研究考察了农村中国老年人的生活满意度和祖辈照料强度随时间的变化情况，以及在祖辈照料强度和生活满意度之间是否存在主导预测因素。本研究使用了来自中国安徽省老年人幸福感的 4 波数据（N=1704），采用潜在差分得分分析来探讨这种关系。结果表明，祖辈照料强度随时间的推移而降低，生活满意度随时间的推移而提高。祖辈照料强度和生活满意度之间存在滞后效应，生活满意度在这两个变量之间具有领先预测作用。本研究证实了祖辈照料具有潜在的回报性，这可能会导致更高的生活满意度。研究结果还表明，祖辈的心理健康对于照料等活动非常重要。
