Image of grandparents' support in the assessment of grandchildren from a single mother's family. Participation of certain variables in differentiation of assessment

• Authors: Napora, Elżbieta , Jakowska-Suwalska, Katarzyna

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study was to determine differences in the assessments of grandchildren and their relationship with grandparents. It was expected that the assessment of support from grandparents would be significantly differentiated in age, sex and place of residence of grandchildren from a single mother's family, and the image of grandparents would be more often described by features of emotional support compared to descriptions of other features of the analyzed support from grandparents. Studies conducted in a group of 138 people showed that a high assessment of perceived instrumental support from grandparents is significantly more often expressed by girls than by boys (p = 0.04). A significantly high assessment of emotional support received from grandparents is more preferred by younger than in the group of older grandchildren (p = 0.01). In contrast, a high assessment of protective support received from grandparents is more preferred by older grandchildren than younger ones (p = 0.02), which seems to be the logical consequence of growing up. In addition, the emotional support received from grandparents is more positively assessed by grandchildren living in the countryside than those from the city (p = 0.03). The results of the studies allowed to determine the differences in the image of grandparents' support in grandchildren from a single mother's family.

Keywords

EN

social support; grandparents' image; youth; single mother's family

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Problemy Opiekuńczo-Wychowawcze
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 588(3)
• Pages: 67-76

Dates

published

2020-03-03

Contributors

author

Napora, Elżbieta

author

Jakowska-Suwalska, Katarzyna

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.9126