The meaning of grandparenthood and its relationship to demographic, relationship, and social participation variables. 1990

S S Miller, and J C Cavanaugh
Bowling Green State University.

The meaning of grandparenthood has been a focus of research, especially during the last decade. Types of meanings and variables differentiating these grandparental meanings have been established. Most recently Kivnick (1981, 1982a, 1982b, 1985) has derived a multidimensional framework representing five aspects of the meaning of grandparenthood. The present study attempted to verify whether these five aspects of meaning were related to unique combinations of demographic, social, personal, and health variables. Zero-order correlations showed high intercorrelations among Kivnick's five subscales, and low correlations among the majority of variables. Regression analyses indicated that no more than 30% of the variance in any one of the dimensions could be explained and that considerable overlap existed in the significant predictors across aspects of meanings.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007398 Interpersonal Relations The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons. Social Relationships,Husband-Wife Communication,Partner Communication,Communication, Husband-Wife,Communication, Partner,Husband Wife Communication,Husband-Wife Communications,Interpersonal Relation,Partner Communications,Relation, Interpersonal,Relationship, Social,Social Relationship
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010549 Personal Satisfaction The individual's experience of a sense of fulfillment of a need or want and the quality or state of being satisfied. Life Satisfaction,Satisfaction,Life Satisfactions,Satisfaction, Life,Satisfaction, Personal,Satisfactions, Life
D005190 Family A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children. Family Life Cycles,Family Members,Family Life Cycle,Family Research,Filiation,Kinship Networks,Relatives,Families,Family Member,Kinship Network,Life Cycle, Family,Life Cycles, Family,Network, Kinship,Networks, Kinship,Research, Family
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old

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