Young adult grandchildren's intergenerational and digital solidarity with grandparents and depressive symptoms during the pandemic.

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI:10.1111/fare.13195

Xiaoyu Fu, Woosang Hwang, Narges Hadi, Maria T Brown, Merril Silverstein

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Abstract

Objective: We aimed to investigate the patterns of intergenerational and digital solidarity between young adult grandchildren and their grandparents, and how different patterns were associated with young adult grandchildren's depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: It is known that a close bond between grandparents and young adult grandchildren positively influences young adult grandchildren's mental health. However, there is limited understanding of which patterns of relationships offer psychological benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: Using data from the 2022 survey of the Longitudinal Study of Generations (LSOG), we conducted latent profile analysis to identify intergenerational and digital solidarity patterns among 160 young adult grandchildren-grandmother relationships (grandmother group) and 136 young adult grandchildren-grandfather relationships (grandfather group).

Results: We discovered the same three latent profiles in both groups: tight-knit and digitally connected, obligatory, and detached. We found that young adult grandchildren who had a tight-knit and digitally connected relationship with grandparents reported fewer depressive symptoms than those who had a detached relationship with grandparents.

Conclusion: Consequently, maintaining digital communication with grandparents compensated for the lack of in-person contact and contributed to the alleviation of depression among young adult grandchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Implications: Our findings indicate that understanding the dynamics involved in intergenerational solidarity provides numerous opportunities for society, communities, and families to work together in generating support across all generations.

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年轻的成年孙辈在大流行期间与祖父母的代际和数字化团结以及抑郁症状。

目的：我们旨在调查年轻成年孙辈与祖父母之间的代际和数字团结模式，以及不同模式与年轻成年孙辈在COVID-19大流行期间的抑郁症状之间的关系。背景：众所周知，祖父母和年轻的孙辈之间的亲密关系对年轻的孙辈的心理健康有积极的影响。然而，对于在COVID-19大流行期间哪种关系模式能带来心理上的好处，人们的理解有限。方法：利用2022年代际纵向研究（LSOG）的调查数据，我们进行了潜在特征分析，以确定160名年轻成年孙辈-祖母关系（祖母组）和136名年轻成年孙辈-祖父关系（祖父组）的代际和数字团结模式。结果：我们在两组中都发现了相同的三个潜在特征：紧密结合和数字连接，强制性和超然。我们发现，与祖父母有着紧密联系和数字联系的年轻成年孙辈比那些与祖父母关系疏远的孙辈报告的抑郁症状更少。结论：因此，在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，与祖父母保持数字沟通弥补了面对面接触的缺失，并有助于缓解年轻成年孙辈的抑郁症。启示：我们的研究结果表明，理解代际团结所涉及的动态，为社会、社区和家庭共同努力，在各代人中产生支持提供了许多机会。

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Family Relations Multiple-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

13.60%

发文量

164

期刊介绍： A premier, applied journal of family studies, Family Relations is mandatory reading for family scholars and all professionals who work with families, including: family practitioners, educators, marriage and family therapists, researchers, and social policy specialists. The journal"s content emphasizes family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy, always publishing original, innovative and interdisciplinary works with specific recommendations for practice.