Hale Kathryn L, Zalla Lauren C, Scherer Elissa M, Østbye Truls, Dinesh Coonghe Pethirupillai Amal, Surenthirakumaran Rajendra, Maselko Joanna
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
J Intergener Relatsh. 2023;21(2):194-214. doi: 10.1080/15350770.2021.1991869. Epub 2021 Oct 22.
Grandparenting activities are of increasing interest to researchers seeking to understand reduced social engagement and depression among aging adults. Heterogeneity in the population and caretaking roles complicate its measurement. We piloted a measure of grandparenting activities among 79 grandparents (aged 55+) in Sri Lanka and correlated those activity levels with psychological distress. Second, we explored whether the aforementioned correlation varied by grandparent functional limitations. We found that greater engagement in generative grandparenting activities was correlated with lower distress, and that association was stronger among grandparents with more functional limitations. We discuss possible explanations and implications of these findings.
祖父母养育活动越来越受到研究人员的关注，他们试图了解老年人社交参与度降低和抑郁的情况。人群和照顾角色的异质性使其测量变得复杂。我们在斯里兰卡对79名祖父母（年龄在55岁及以上）的祖父母养育活动进行了一项测量，并将这些活动水平与心理困扰进行了关联。其次，我们探讨了上述相关性是否因祖父母的功能限制而有所不同。我们发现，更多地参与建设性的祖父母养育活动与较低的困扰相关，并且这种关联在功能限制较多的祖父母中更强。我们讨论了这些发现的可能解释和影响。
