Looking back, looking ahead: Parental regret and longing for grandparenthood.

IF 3.5 1区心理学 Q1 GERONTOLOGY

Psychology and Aging Pub Date : 2025-06-26 DOI:10.1037/pag0000908

Jasmin Dorry, Christian L Burk, Bettina S Wiese

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Abstract

In this article, we examine parental regret, which is a domain-specific regret about one's own parenting history. In Study 1, we present a short questionnaire on parental regret and determine its construct validity and short-term stability in a sample of parents of adult children (N_T1 = 286, N_T2 = 120; 10-day interval; 71.5% women; age range = 42-74 years). The factor structure of parental regret was best depicted by a general and omission parental regret model. Furthermore, we found that parental regret was related to but not interchangeable with other regret concepts or dispositional pessimism. Study 2 examines parental regret's association with the longing for grandparenthood (N = 450 parents of adult children; 73.0% women; age range = 40-81 years; no grandchildren yet). We argue that regrets about how one behaved during one's children's childhood can lead one to resort to fantasies about idealized realities with future grandchildren, expressed in a longing for grandparenthood. As hypothesized, stronger parental regret was associated with stronger longing for grandparenthood. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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回顾过去，展望未来：父母的遗憾和对祖父母的渴望。

在这篇文章中，我们研究了父母后悔，这是一种对自己养育历史的特定领域的后悔。在研究1中，我们提出了一份关于父母遗憾的简短问卷，并在成年子女的父母样本中测定了其结构效度和短期稳定性(NT1 = 286, NT2 = 120；为期10天的间隔;71.5%的女性;年龄范围= 42-74岁)。父母后悔的因素结构由一般和遗漏的父母后悔模型来描述。此外，我们发现父母后悔与其他后悔概念或性格悲观主义相关，但不可互换。研究2检验了父母后悔与祖父母渴望的关系(N = 450名成年子女的父母；73.0%的女性;年龄范围= 40-81岁；还没有孙子)。我们认为，对一个人在孩子的童年时期的行为感到后悔，可能会导致一个人对未来的孙子孙女产生理想化的幻想，表现为对祖父母身份的渴望。正如假设的那样，更强烈的父母遗憾与更强烈的祖父母渴望有关。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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期刊介绍： Psychology and Aging publishes original articles on adult development and aging. Such original articles include reports of research that may be applied, biobehavioral, clinical, educational, experimental (laboratory, field, or naturalistic studies), methodological, or psychosocial. Although the emphasis is on original research investigations, occasional theoretical analyses of research issues, practical clinical problems, or policy may appear, as well as critical reviews of a content area in adult development and aging. Clinical case studies that have theoretical significance are also appropriate. Brief reports are acceptable with the author"s agreement not to submit a full report to another journal.