在童年时,祖父母的支持与成年后的情感福祉有关
Jane M Stephenson1, Laura L Carstensen1
1Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Frontiers in psychology
|October 20, 2025
概括
在童年时,支持性的祖父母关系与新兴成年时更好的情感福祉有关. 即使祖父母不再生活,这种联系仍然很强,这凸显了早期家庭支持的持久影响.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 祖父母的寿命延长和社会情感优势使他们能够积极影响孙子的情感发展.
- 强烈的情绪调节,社交技能和家庭支持对于在情绪挑战的时期,即新兴成年时期的导航至关重要.
- 社会和情感技能是在幼儿时期获得的,这表明早期的祖父母关系对于以后的情感福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究祖父母在幼儿时期和新兴成年期的支持以及新兴成年人的情感福祉之间的联系.
- 为了确定父母关系的质量是否会缓和祖父母支持对情感福祉的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项对514名新兴成年人 (18-29岁) 的调查评估了他们的情感福祉和家庭关系.
- 参与者追溯报告了童年祖父母的支持,并报告了目前祖父母的支持.
- 采用了多种线性和适度回归分析.
主要成果:
- 祖父母的童年支持与新兴的成年期更大的情感福祉有显著的关联.
- 这种关联是强大的,即使祖父母去世时也会持续下去,并且不会因与父母的关系质量而受到调节.
- 在新兴成年期,祖父母的当前支持也与情感福祉相关,童年支持增强了这一点.
结论:
- 支持性的祖父母关系,特别是在幼儿时期,为情感健康提供了显著的保护性益处,进入新兴的成年期.
- 这些发现强调了多代,生命过程视角的重要性,以了解家庭对幸福感的影响.
- 旨在培养积极的祖父母与孙子关系的干预措施可以增强长期的情感健康.
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