Grandchild Care and Well-Being: Gender Differences in Mental Health Effects of Caregiving Grandparents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The literature on the gendered differences of mental health as a result of grandchild care has shown mixed results. Research on grandchild care further suggests that nonresidential grandchild care improves mental health outcomes, while residential grandchild care arrangements decrease mental health outcomes in grandparents. The moderating or buffering role of social engagement remains understudied in the grandchild care-mental health relationship. This study examines mental health effect differences between caregiving grandmothers and grandfathers and the moderating effects of social engagement.

Methods

Using 2002-2012 data from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults aged 50 and older, I examine the mental health effects

SUBMITTER: Notter IR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9255931 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature