Intergenerational affectionate communication: conceptions of young adults toward their grandparent
Résumé
Theoretical background Methods Results Discussion References Grandparent (GP)-Grandchild (GC) relationship is usually meaningful for both generations and of strong influence on each other lives. GP positively influence their GC's development and well-being (Mansson, 2015). Previous research underlined the influence of the frequency of contact, geographic distance, grandparent's age, grandparent's health as well as many other variables on GP-GC closeness. Notwithstanding, few studies have been conducted on the influence of communication, and specifically affectionate communication on GP-GC closeness. While creating the Grandchildren Received Affection Scale, Mansson (2013) found that GC received four types of affectionate communication from their GP: love and esteem, caring, memories and humor, and celebratory affection. Those four types of affectionate communication constitute the four dimensions of this scale. Mansson, Floyd, & Soliz (2017) found that received affection from GP is associated positively with GCs' perceptions of their GP and their GP-GC relationship as well as with GC's perceived shared family identity with their grandparent but not with celebratory affection and shared family identity A sample of young adults students between 18 and 25 years old (N= 285) completed the French Translation of the Grandchildren Received Affection Scale (GRAS) (Mansson, 2013) as well as demographics and four complementary scales: Ideal Grandparent Scale (Mansson, 2015), Parental Encouragement Scale (Soliz & Harwood, 2006), Shared Family Identity Scale (Soliz & Harwood, 2006), and the CES-D (Radloff, 1977) while thinking about the grandparent with the closest day of birth. The GRAS is composed of 17 items split in 4 dimensions (Love and esteem, caring, memories and humor, celebratory affection).
Domaines
Psychologie
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