Guo Haoyi, Sek-Yum Ngai Steven, Sun Tao
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
Geriatr Nurs. 2023 Jul-Aug;52:98-105. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.05.010. Epub 2023 Jun 6.
While social support is generally beneficial, it remains unclear how it directly and indirectly affects subjective well-being among grandparents via generative acts. Multi-stage cluster random sampling was employed in a city in Eastern China, reaching 1013 noncustodial grandparent caregivers of kindergarten children (mean age = 58.3, range: 40-93, female = 71.9%, non-local = 508). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results reveal that social support positively affected three indicators of subjective well-being among noncustodial grandparent caregivers. Also, social support worked through agentic generative acts to positively affect life satisfaction and positive affect, while not through domestic generative acts. The present study contributes to grandparent caregiving research in urban China by advancing an integrated framework that considers the mechanism of generative acts. Policy and practice implications are also discussed.
虽然社会支持总体上是有益的，但目前尚不清楚它如何通过生成性行为直接和间接地影响祖父母的主观幸福感。在中国东部的一个城市采用了多阶段整群随机抽样，选取了1013名幼儿园儿童的非监护祖父母照料者（平均年龄=58.3岁，范围：40-93岁，女性=71.9%，非本地=508人）。使用结构方程模型（SEM）对数据进行分析。结果表明，社会支持对非监护祖父母照料者主观幸福感的三个指标有积极影响。此外，社会支持通过能动性生成性行为对生活满意度和积极情感产生积极影响，而不是通过家庭生成性行为。本研究通过提出一个考虑生成性行为机制的综合框架，为中国城市地区的祖父母照料研究做出了贡献。还讨论了政策和实践意义。
