Hong Yanbi, Zeng Diyang
Department of Sociology, School of Humanities, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
School of Public Administration, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
J Community Psychol. 2023 Mar;51(2):676-694. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22911. Epub 2022 Jul 6.
Several recent studies have examined the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, but few have examined the effects of early and continuing grandparental care on children's development in China. Using data from the China Education Panel Survey, this study examines the effects of early and continuing care, in which grandparents serve as primary caregivers on middle school students' educational (measured by academic performance and cognitive scores) and mental health (depression score) outcomes. Using multilevel analyses and robustness tests, the results show that for urban and rural students, students cared for by their grandparents showed no disadvantages in their educational outcomes. For rural students who received grandparental care in early childhood or adolescence academically outperformed those who received only parental care. Urban and rural students who received only grandparental care in early childhood and adolescence show worse mental health outcomes. These results challenge the prevailing belief that grandparent caregiving can harm grandchildren's school preparation and cognitive abilities.
最近的几项研究探讨了祖父母与孙辈之间的关系，但在中国，很少有研究考察早期及持续的祖父母照料对孩子成长的影响。本研究利用中国教育追踪调查的数据，考察了祖父母作为主要照料者的早期及持续照料对中学生教育成果（以学业成绩和认知分数衡量）和心理健康（抑郁分数）的影响。通过多层次分析和稳健性检验，结果表明，对于城乡学生而言，由祖父母照料的学生在教育成果方面并无劣势。对于在幼儿期或青春期接受祖父母照料的农村学生，其学业表现优于仅接受父母照料的学生。在幼儿期和青春期仅接受祖父母照料的城乡学生，心理健康状况较差。这些结果挑战了普遍认为的祖父母照料会损害孙辈入学准备和认知能力的观点。
