The association between grandparental investment and grandparents' happiness in Finland

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• 作者：MIRKKA DANIELSBACKA and ANTTI O. TANSKANEN
• 刊名：Personal Relationships
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：23
• 期：4
• 页码：787-800
• 全文大小：281K
• ISSN：1475-6811

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There is a lack of studies analyzing the association between grandparental investment and grandparents' happiness. Using nationally representative data from the Generational Transmissions in Finland project (sample n = 2,152 older adults), this study explores (a) whether grandparenthood is associated with self-evaluated happiness, (b) whether there is an association between grandparental investment (measured by contact frequencies with grandchildren) and a grandparent's self-perceived happiness, and (c) whether differences in the associations between grandparental investment and happiness vary according to the gender and lineage of a grandparent. Our results show that just being a grandparent is not associated with self-evaluated happiness among older Finns. However, a positive association was found in the case of maternal grandmothers' investment and happiness.