Cooney T M, Smith L A
Department of Individual and Family Studies, University of Delaware, Newark 19716, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1996 Mar;51(2):S91-5. doi: 10.1093/geronb/51b.2.s91.
This study employed a large survey of young adults to consider the association between recent parental divorce and intergenerational solidarity between adult grandchildren and their grandparents. The results indicate no significant association between parental divorce and young adults' reports of affective, associational, or functional solidarity in relation to either maternal or paternal grandparents. Adult grandchildren from divorced families, however, were more likely than those from intact families to initiate contacts with their grandparents on their own, and to see their paternal grandparents without their father accompanying them. We conclude that parental divorce does not influence adult grandchild-grandparent relations because, at least in part, adult grandchildren are less dependent than young children on the middle-generation parent to facilitate this relationship.
本研究对大量年轻人进行了调查，以探讨近期父母离异与成年孙辈与其祖父母之间的代际团结之间的关联。结果表明，父母离异与年轻人报告的与外祖父或祖父在情感、交往或功能方面的团结并无显著关联。然而，来自离异家庭的成年孙辈比来自完整家庭的孙辈更有可能主动与祖父母联系，并且在没有父亲陪同的情况下去看望祖父。我们得出结论，父母离异并不影响成年孙辈与祖父母之间的关系，因为至少部分原因是成年孙辈不像幼儿那样依赖中间一代的父母来促进这种关系。
