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KMID : 0379220130330030515
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2013 Volume.33 No. 3 p.515 ~ p.536
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Longitudinal Study of the Effect of the Transition to a Grandparenting Role on Depression and Life-satisfaction
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Jue Mihn-Sook
Cho Kyu-Young
Park Min-Kyoung
Han Sae-Hwang
Wassel J. I.
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Abstract
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Recently, the number of grandparents taking care of grandchildren for their working adult children has significantly increased. However, most of the prior research on this topic have been exploratory studies using cross-sectional data, and little has been discovered on how the grandparents` mental health changes upon assuming the grandparenting role. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects that the transition to a grandparenting role has on grandparents` depression and life-satisfaction, and to examine sex and age differences of such effects. This study used 3 waves of national longitudinal survey data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing. The sample included 4,321 grandparents. Multiple regression models were used to identify the effects of transition to a grandparenting role on depression and life-satisfaction. The findings are as follows: When tested on the entire sample, transition to a grandparenting role had a significant positive effect on life-satisfaction, but no evidence was found which suggested that assuming the grandparenting role has significant effects on grandparents` depression. In addition, significant group differences were discovered, and positive effects on life-satisfaction were found only among grandmothers (and not grandfathers), and grandparents under 60 (and not grandparents 60 and over) respectively. Evidence for sex and age differences in depression was not found. Latly this paper discusses the practical implications of these findings.
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KEYWORD
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transition into grandparenting role, depression, life-satisfaction
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