Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

Grandparental involvement and young adults' cognitive and social adjustment

The moderating role of filial piety in Hong Kong

Bibliographic Data

ID2932489
AuthorsTianyuan Li (0000-0002-6187-3580, Education University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Chun Bun Lam (0000-0002-3195-7919, Education University of Hong Kong), Kevin Ka-Shing Chan (Education University of Hong Kong), Kevin Ka Shing Chan (0000-0002-9749-2755, Education University of Hong Kong)
Year2018
Volume35
Issue7
Pages999-1018
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407517702011
OpenAlexW2604423018
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited60

Grandparents play a critical role in child-rearing both in the evolutionary history of human beings and in modern societies. The current study examined how grandparental involvement might contribute to young adults' cognitive and social adjustment and whether grandchildren's filial piety beliefs might moderate the impact of grandparental involvement. A total of 287 Hong Kong college students completed questionnaire measures of grandparental involvement, cognitive well-being, breadth and depth of friendships, and reciprocal and authoritarian filial piety beliefs. Results indicated that grandparental involvement was positively associated with young adults' cognitive well-being and friendship quality even after controlling for parental influences, but only for young adults with strong filial piety beliefs. Moreover, reciprocal filial piety was a significant moderator for both cognitive well-being and friendship quality, whereas authoritarian filial piety only moderated the association between grandparental involvement and cognitive well-being. Findings highlighted the relevance of grandparental involvement in understanding youth development, and the importance of considering cultural values when investigating intergenerational interactions

Affection · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Filial piety · Friendship · Grandparent · Moderation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology

  • Relationships with grandparents and adult grandchildren’s attitudes toward older adults and psychological well-being in Hong Kong Chinese

    Open Access•Tianyuan Li, Yue Yang Sun•Current Psychology•2025

  • Phenomenologizing Filipino custodial grandparents’ interment stress

    Salvacion Villafuerte, Allan B De Guzman•Educational Gerontology•2020

  • Chinese Young Adults' Filial Piety, Contact and Support for Their Grandparents, and Ageism

    Open Access•Qiming Li, Xin Yin et al.•Family Relations•2025

  • Grandchild caregiving in Hong Kong and implications for intergenerational relationships

    Open Access•C K Chan, Kong Sang Lou et al.•International Journal of Social…•2026

  • Adult grandchildren's perception of grandparents' personality and emotional closeness with the grandparent

    Open Access•Shiyue Bao, Tianyuan Li•Family Relations•2026

  • Attitudes toward Grandparental Involvement in Hong Kong

    Open Access•Mengtong Chen, Qiqi Chen et al.•International Journal of…•2022

  • The longitudinal relationship between filial piety, gratitude and national identity

    Open Access•Qiming Li, Jingzhou Su et al.•Asian Journal Of Social Psychology•2026

  • How do grandparents influence child health and development? A systematic review

    Open Access•Aalyia F A Sadruddin, Liliana A Ponguta et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2019

  • Blood is Thicker Than Water

    Guojie Zhang, Xueqin Jian et al.•Journal of China Tourism Research•2023

  • A 10‐Year Portrait of Theorizing in Family Gerontology

    Open Access•Áine Humble, Amber J Seidel et al.•Journal of Family Theory & Review•2020

  • The Grandparent–Grandchild Relationship and Grandchildren's Developmental Outcomes

    Open Access•Tianyuan Li, Chuting Wang et al.•Journal of Family Theory & Review•2026

  • Grandparent-grandchild Relationships and the Psychological and Health Outcomes of Early Adult Grandchildren

    Justyna Michałek-Kwiecień•Journal of Intergenerational…•2022

  • Voices Behind Images

    Open Access•Yihang Wang, Shuang Lu et al.•The British Journal of Social Work•2024

  • Parental Social Comparison Shaming Hinders Chinese Adolescents' Presence of Life Meaning Through Thwarting Satisfaction of Need for Competence, Especially for Those Endorsing Reciprocal Filial Piety

    Open Access•H Cao, Nan Zhou et al.•Child Development•2025

  • Filial Piety and Positive Mental Health

    Open Access•Wan Qing Leck, Nicholas J Moberly et al.•Journal of Cross-Cultural…•2026

  • Grandparental involvement and young adults' cognitive and social adjustment

    Open Access•Tianyuan Li, Chun Bun Lam et al.•Journal of Social and Personal…•2018

  • Are perceptions of grandparenthood related to family and life satisfaction? A study with emerging adults

    Open Access•Isabel Miguel, Alexandra M Araújo et al.•Journal of Social and Personal…•2021

  • Conducting Life History Interviews With Older Adults With Lived Experiences of Poverty

    Open Access•Crystal Kwan, Ho Chung Tam et al.•International Journal of…•2023

  • Communicating Affection

    Open Access•Kevin Floyd, Kory Floyd•Communicating Affection•2006

  • Children of the Land

    Glen H Elder Jr, Glen H Elder et al.•Children of the Land•2000

  • Understanding Families as Systems

    Open Access•Martha J Cox, Blair Paley•Current Directions in Psychological…•2003

  • Grandparental investment

    Open Access•David A Coall, Ralph Hertwig•Behavioral and Brain Sciences•2010

  • Harmony, Hierarchy and Conservatism

    Yan Bing Zhang, Mei-Chen Lin et al.•Communication Research Reports•2005

  • Ecological systems theory.

    Urie Bronfenbrenner•Encyclopedia of Psychology Volume 3•2000

  • Weird languages have misled us, too

    Open Access•A Majid, C Levinson et al.•Behavioral and Brain Sciences•2010

  • The Relation of Attachment Security to Adolescents’ Paternal and Peer Relationships, Depression, and Externalizing Behavior

    Open Access•Joseph P Allen, Maryfrances R Porter et al.•Child Development•2007

  • Grandparenting and adolescent adjustment in two-parent biological, lone-parent, and step-families.

    Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz, Shalhevet Attar‐schwartz et al.•Journal of Family Psychology•2009

  • From External Regulation to Self-Regulation

    Open Access•Annie Bernier, Stephanie M Carlson et al.•Child Development•2010

  • Parent Autonomy Support, Academic Achievement, and Psychosocial Functioning

    Open Access•Ariana C Vasquez, Erika A Patall et al.•Educational Psychology Review•2016

  • Fathers and Mothers at Play With Their 2- and 3-Year-Olds

    Open Access•Catherine S Tamis‐lemonda, Catherine S Tamis-Lemonda et al.•Child Development•2004

  • Family Resources and Parenting Quality

    Open Access•Julieta Lugo‐Gil, Julieta Lugo-Gil et al.•Child Development•2008

  • Impact of Parenting Practices on Adolescent Achievement

    Laurence Steinberg, Susie D Lamborn et al.•Child Development•1992

  • Support across two generations

    Gretchen Lussier, Kirby Deater-Deckard et al.•Journal of Family Psychology•2002

  • The stereotype-matching effect

    Benjamin R Levy, Becca R Levy et al.•Psychology and Aging•2009

  • Measuring friendship quality in late adolescents and young adults

    Morton J Mendelson, Frances E Aboud•Canadian Journal of Behavioural…•1999

  • Fitness benefits of prolonged post-reproductive lifespan in women

    Open Access•Mirkka Lahdenperä, Virpi Lummaa et al.•Nature•2004

  • Filial belief and parent—child conflict

    Open Access•Kuang-Hui Yeh, Kuang‐Hui Yeh et al.•International Journal of Psychology•2004

  • The weirdest people in the world?

    Open Access•J Henrich, Steven J Heine et al.•Behavioral and Brain Sciences•2010

  • A test of the Dual Filial Piety model

    Open Access•Kuang-Hui Yeh, Kuang‐Hui Yeh et al.•Asian Journal Of Social Psychology•2003

  • A Meta-Analysis of Positive and Negative Age Stereotype Priming Effects on Behavior Among Older Adults

    B A Meisner•The Journals of Gerontology…•2012

  • Grandmothers and the evolution of human longevity

    Open Access•K Hawkes, James E Coxworth•Evolutionary Anthropology Issues…•2013

  • A Process Model of Parenting and Adolescents' Friendship Competence

    Open Access•Emily C Cook, Cheryl Buehler et al.•Social Development•2012

  • How parenting and filial piety influence happiness, parent–child relationships and quality of family life in Taiwanese adult children

    Wei-Wen Chen, Weiwen Chen et al.•Journal of Family Studies•2015

  • Parenting and Peer Relationships

    Open Access•B Bradford Brown, Jeremy P Bakken•Journal of Research on Adolescence•2011

  • Grandmothers' Involvement Among Young Adolescents Growing Up in Poverty

    Open Access•Laura D Pittman•Journal of Research on Adolescence•2007

  • Filial Piety and Psychosocial Adjustment in Hong Kong Chinese Early Adolescents

    Open Access•Angel Nga Man Leung, Angel Nga-Man Leung et al.•The Journal of Early Adolescence•2009

  • Willingness and Expectations

    Heying Jenny Zhan•Marriage & Family Review•2004

  • Relationships with Grandparents and the Emotional Well‐Being of Late Adolescent and Young Adult Grandchildren

    Open Access•Sarah Ruiz, Sarah A Ruiz et al.•Journal of Social Issues•2007

  • Testosterone and child and adolescent adjustment

    Alan Booth, David Read Johnson et al.•Developmental Psychology•2003

  • Filling the Parenting Gap? Grandparent Involvement With U.K. Adolescents

    Open Access•Jo-Pei Tan, Jo‐Pei Tan et al.•Journal of Family Issues•2010

  • Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process

    Cindy Hazan, P R Shaver et al.•Journal of Personality and Social…•1987

  • How Much Does Family Matter? Cooperative Breeding and the Demographic Transition

    Open Access•R Sear, David A Coall et al.•Population and Development Review•2011

  • Adult Attachment and Marital Satisfaction

    Open Access•R Banse•Journal of Social and Personal…•2004

  • Grandparental involvement and young adults' cognitive and social adjustment

    Open Access•Tianyuan Li, Chun Bun Lam et al.•Journal of Social and Personal…•2018

  • A Confirmatory Analysis of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale

    Graham B Spanier, Linda Thompson•Journal of Marriage and the Family•1982

  • The Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Youth

    Open Access•Rachel Dunifon, Ashish Bajracharya•Journal of Family Issues•2012

  • Grandparents Providing Care to Grandchildren

    Open Access•Ye Luo, Tracey A Lapierre et al.•Journal of Family Issues•2012

  • Grandmother-Grandchild Relationship Quality Predicts Psychological Adjustment Among Youth From Divorced Families

    Open Access•Craig E Henderson, Bert Hayslip et al.•Journal of Family Issues•2009

  • Grandparents Caring for their Grandchildren

    Open Access•Karsten Hank, Isabella Buber-Ennser et al.•Journal of Family Issues•2009

  • Parenting for Cognitive Development from 1950 to 2000

    Open Access•Maryellen Schaub•Sociology of Education•2010

Unique citing works18
Citations per year2,25
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 18

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae