Attitudes toward mental health and mental health care among custodial grandparents

Hayslip, Bert; Maiden, Robert J.

doi:10.1080/13607863.2021.2024795

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“…Thus, we find no significant relationship between grandparenting and the physical health of grandparents. In contrast to previous literature asserting that grandparenting, especially intensive grandparenting, has an adverse effect on physical health of the elderly (Jendrek, 1993; Hayslip & Shore, 2000; Chen & Liu, 2012; Musil et al, 2017; Yalcin et al, 2018), our finding do not suggest that grandparenting accelerates physical health decline. Similar to Ku et al (2013) and Liu et (2019), our interpretation is that the net effect of grandparenting on physical health is neutral in the short-run, while the negative impact of grandparenting on physical health is more salient over the long run.…”

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“…The potential physical and psychological sacrifices of grandparenting are well known and fall well within role strain theory (Goode, 1960). Specifically, grandparenting can impair the health of grandparents when they are, involved in intense and custodial grandchild caregiving (Hayslip & Shore, 2000; Ku et al, 2013; Musil et al, 2017; Yalcin et al, 2018).…”

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Grandparenting and Well-Being of the Elderly in China

Wang

Fidrmuc

Luo

2022

Journal of Family Issues

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Grandparenting duties can affect the well-being of the elderly both positively and negatively. This paper disentangles the interactions between grandparenting, quality of life, and life satisfaction in China. Using a panel dataset of 3205 respondents in three waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2011, 2013, and 2015, we find that grandparents who look after grandchildren are less at risk of depression, receive more financial and in-kind transfers from their children, and report greater life satisfaction than grandparents who do not look after grandchildren. These benefits vary across gender and rural-urban status, however. The positive effect of grandparenting is driven mainly by the direct effect with negligible mediating effect attributable to better quality of life.

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Grandparenting and Well-Being of the Elderly in China

Wang

Fidrmuc

Luo

2022

Journal of Family Issues

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What Is the Impact of Custodial Grandchildren Receiving Mental Health Care on Grandparent Caregivers?

Hayslip,

Montoro-Rodriguez

2024

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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The purpose of the present study is to analyze the potential impact of a custodial grandchild receiving mental healthcare on grandparent caregivers’ psychosocial functioning. Findings suggested that grandparents of grandchildren who had received some form of mental healthcare were more personally distressed, experienced less social support and more parental strain/stress, and were less resilient. Such grandparents were also less attached to their grandchildren and had grandchildren who were experiencing more emotional/behavioral difficulties. They were, however, more open to receiving psychological help. Findings also revealed that such effects were mediated by resilience, social support, and, to an extent, by parental self-efficacy. These data indicate that raising distressed grandchildren takes its toll on grandparents and that they are especially vulnerable, even if such grandchildren are receiving help.

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Attitudes toward mental health and mental health care among custodial grandparents

Cited by 2 publications

References 51 publications

Grandparenting and Well-Being of the Elderly in China

Grandparenting and Well-Being of the Elderly in China

What Is the Impact of Custodial Grandchildren Receiving Mental Health Care on Grandparent Caregivers?

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