Effects of role importance, satisfaction, and performance on grandparents' psychological well-being

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dc.creatorHenderson, B. Janettee
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-14T23:15:01Z
dc.date.available2011-02-18T20:05:39Z
dc.date.available2016-11-14T23:15:01Z
dc.date.issued1997-08
dc.degree.departmentMarriage and Family Therapyen_US
dc.description.abstractThe interactionist theory of satisfaction drawn from symbolic interactionism and Erikson's psychosocial theory of life-span identity development were used to examine the link between grandparents perceptions of their role satisfaction, role performance, and importance attached to the role, and their psychological well-being. The subsample of older adults used in the present analyses was drawn from the Generation 1 and Generation 2 adult samples of the University of Southern California Longitudinal Study of Generations at Time 4 (1991). As expected, a preliminary correlational analysis revealed that the three grandparent role variables (i.e., importance, performance, and satisfaction) were moderately correlated. Contrary to expectations, a multivariate analysis of covariance failed to yield significant differences for grandparents psychological well-being based on their scores for the role variables. Limitations of the study and implications for future research are also addressed.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/12884en_US
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTexas Tech Universityen_US
dc.rights.availabilityUnrestricted.
dc.subjectSocial role -- Psychological aspectsen_US
dc.subjectGrandparenting -- Psychological aspectsen_US
dc.subjectGrandparents -- United States -- Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectGrandparents -- United States -- Attitudesen_US
dc.titleEffects of role importance, satisfaction, and performance on grandparents' psychological well-being
dc.typeDissertation

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