TY - JOUR
T1 - Depressive symptoms among grandparents raising grandchildren
T2 - The impact of participation in multiple roles
AU - Baker, Lindsey A.
AU - Silverstein, Merril
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the National Institute on Aging (Grant T32-AG00037). Preliminary findings were presented at the New Methods for the Analysis of Family and Dyadic Processes conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. We thank Jan E. Mutchler, Esme Fuller-Thomson, and Jeffrey A. Burr for helpful comments during preliminary investigations.
PY - 2008/9/8
Y1 - 2008/9/8
N2 - Using the Health and Retirement Study, this research examines well-being among grandparents raising grandchildren during middle to late life, specifically looking at how other roles in which a grandparent is participating (such as worker, volunteer, parent, or caregiver) may influence depressive symptoms among grandparent caregivers. Results indicate that grandparents who have recently begun raising a grandchild experience lower levels of well-being when compared to grandparents who are not raising a grandchild regardless of the grandparent's level of participation in roles beyond that of grandparent caregiver, while grandparents who have been raising a grandchild for longer periods of time seem to benefit from their participation in multiple roles. However, a higher level of participation in outside roles is associated with a decline in well-being among grandparents who stopped raising a grandchild, suggesting that, for these grandparents, participation in multiple roles acted mainly as a stressor rather than as a resource.
AB - Using the Health and Retirement Study, this research examines well-being among grandparents raising grandchildren during middle to late life, specifically looking at how other roles in which a grandparent is participating (such as worker, volunteer, parent, or caregiver) may influence depressive symptoms among grandparent caregivers. Results indicate that grandparents who have recently begun raising a grandchild experience lower levels of well-being when compared to grandparents who are not raising a grandchild regardless of the grandparent's level of participation in roles beyond that of grandparent caregiver, while grandparents who have been raising a grandchild for longer periods of time seem to benefit from their participation in multiple roles. However, a higher level of participation in outside roles is associated with a decline in well-being among grandparents who stopped raising a grandchild, suggesting that, for these grandparents, participation in multiple roles acted mainly as a stressor rather than as a resource.
KW - Depressive symptoms
KW - Grandparents as caregivers
KW - Role strain
KW - Social integration
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U2 - 10.1080/15350770802157802
DO - 10.1080/15350770802157802
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:65749149573
SN - 1535-0770
VL - 6
SP - 285
EP - 304
JO - Journal of Intergenerational Relationships
JF - Journal of Intergenerational Relationships
IS - 3
ER -