Caring for Grandchildren and Grandparents' Physical and Mental Health Changes.
Objectives: Using the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging Waves 1–5, we examined how the transition and duration of grandchild care influenced the health of grandparents. Methods: The participants in this study were 5870 KLoSA grandparents who had one or more grandchildren. Using latent class analysi...
| Published in: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 845 - 855 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=141531285&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 141531285 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10621024 JFM jtl: Journal of Child & Family Studies issn: 10621024 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2020 vid: 29 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 141531285 10.1007/s10826-019-01618-y ppf: 845 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 830KB tig: atl: Caring for Grandchildren and Grandparents' Physical and Mental Health Changes. aug: au: Yoo, Jaeeon Russell, Daniel Wayne affil: Population Policy Research Department, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, #211, Building D, 370, 30147, Sicheong-daero, Sejong-si, South Korea Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA su: Grandchildren Grandparent-grandchild relationships Competency assessment (Law) Aging Child care Health status indicators Intergenerational relations Surveys sug: subj: Grandchildren Grandparent-grandchild relationships Competency assessment (Law) Aging Child care Health status indicators Intergenerational relations Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Surveys keyword: Asian elders Caregivers Depression Family Health Asian elders Caregivers Depression Family Health ab: Objectives: Using the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging Waves 1–5, we examined how the transition and duration of grandchild care influenced the health of grandparents. Methods: The participants in this study were 5870 KLoSA grandparents who had one or more grandchildren. Using latent class analysis grandparents were classified into four groups: provided continuous grandchild care, initiated grandchild care, stopped grandchild care, and did not engage in grandchild care. Using growth curve modeling analysis the differences in initial level and changes over time in health of these four groups of grandparents were analyzed. Results: The primary results were that the initial physical and mental health status of these four groups of grandparents were different. Grandparents who reported a lower level of physical pain were more likely to initiate grandchild care, whereas grandparents who reported increased pain over time were more likely to stop providing grandchild care. Subjective health of grandparents who took care of their grandchildren increased when they stopped caring for their grandchildren. Conclusions: These results indicated that whether or not grandparents provided care to their grandchild appears to be determined by the initial health of grandparents. However, there was little difference in the changes in physical and mental over time between the grandchild care classes. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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