Beyond Parenting Socialization Years

The Relationship between Parenting Dimensions and Grandparenting Functioning

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15513680
AutoresSofia Gimenez-Serrano (Universitat de València), Marta Alcaide (0000-0001-7436-5879, Universitat de València), Maria Reyes (0009-0006-0926-6210, Universitat de València), Maria R Reyes (0000-0001-7464-7374, Universitat de València), Juan José Zacarés (0000-0002-4805-8151, Universitat de València, autor de correspondencia), Montserrat Celdrán (0000-0003-3606-1975, Universitat de Barcelona)
Año2022
Volumen19
Número8
Páginas4528-4528
Fecha de publicación2022-04-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19084528
PMID35457396
OpenAlexW4224228945
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas64

Parental socialization has been studied mainly when is in process, but less is known about its long-term impact on older adults, particularly on one of the most important developmental tasks in later life: being a grandparent. Participants were 313 Spanish grandparents. The present study examined the relationship between parenting and its impacts in the long term, when the child is a grandparent. The variables examined were parenting (parental warmth and parental strictness) and grandparenting functioning (satisfaction with life, meaning of life, parent-adult child relationship quality, emotional closeness with grandchildren, and role overload). The statistical analyses were a correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analyses. A constant pattern between parenting and grandparenting functioning has been found. Warmth was positively associated with grandparenting functioning, as opposed to strictness, which did not show benefits for grandparents and even showed a significant negative relationship with an indicator of grandparenting functioning. Present findings highlight that, during the socialization years, greater parental warmth but not parental strictness might be of benefit for children at the end of their life (i.e., when they are grandparents) but also for their descendants because they have a better relationship with the two following generations (i.e., adult children and grandchildren)

Closeness · Developmental psychology · Grandparent · Multilevel model · Socialization · Aging and Gerontology Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology