Grandchild Care and Grandparents' Well-Being in Context: The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

This study investigates whether the association between supplementary grandchild care and grandparents' subjective well-being-measured as life satisfaction, perceived stress, and loneliness-is moderated by the contextual environment. We use the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic as an example of contextual differences. Drawing on role theory, we argue that the costs and benefits of grandparenting may have differed between pandemic and prepandemic times. On the one hand, providing grandchild care during the pandemic may have been particularly stressful, prompting more negative effects on well-being. On the other hand, grandchild care may have been particularly relevant for enhancing well-being, as it protected grandparents from social isolation. Moreov

SUBMITTER: Bunning M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11630762 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature