Breaking the Chain: How Grandparents Moderate the Transmission of Maternal Depression to Their Grandchildren

Autor/inn/en	Silverstein, Merril; Ruiz, Sarah
Titel	Breaking the Chain: How Grandparents Moderate the Transmission of Maternal Depression to Their Grandchildren
Quelle	In: Family Relations, 55 (2006) 5, S.601-612 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0197-6664
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00429.x
Schlagwörter	Grandparents; Depression (Psychology); Grandchildren; Family (Sociological Unit); Mothers; National Surveys; Parent Child Relationship; Well Being; Adolescents; Young Adults; Emotional Development; Family Influence; Family Environment; Severity (of Disability); National Survey of Families and Households + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Großeltern; Enkel; Familie; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Gefühlsbildung; Familienmilieu; Schweregrad
Abstract	Drawing on family systems theory, this study examined whether social cohesion with grandparents moderated the intergenerational transmission of depressive symptoms from mothers to their adolescent and young adult children. We analyzed data from 2,280 grandchildren and their mothers who participated in two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households. Results revealed that grandchildren who were least integrated with their grandparents resembled their mothers in the severity of depressive symptoms. Grandchildren who were more integrated with their grandparents bore no such resemblance. We conclude that grandparents are consequential family actors who, by conditioning parent-child dynamics, influence the long-term emotional well-being of their grandchildren. Results are discussed in terms of intergenerational interdependence and the untapped resource that older adults represent. (Author).
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