TY - JOUR
T1 - Becoming a grandmother
T2 - Maternal grandmothers' mental health, perceived costs, and personal growth
AU - Shlomo, Shirley Ben
AU - Taubman-Ben-Ari, Orit
AU - Findler, Liora
AU - Sivan, Eyal
AU - Dolizki, Mordechay
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Although becoming a grandmother represents an important transition in a woman's life, it has received scant research attention. This study used the model of growth developed by Schaefer and Moos in an attempt to identify personal and environmental resources that may contribute to a first-time maternal grandmother's mental health and her perceptions of costs and sense of personal growth. One hundred and two Israeli women completed a series of questionnaires twice: (1) during their daughter's first pregnancy and (2) following the birth of their first grandchild. The independent variables included the personal resources of education, physical health, self-esteem, attachment style, and self-mastery and the environmental resources of grandmother's perception of level of intimacy with her daughter and active involvement with the grandchild. Findings reveal that education, attachment style, self-esteem, and self-mastery are associated with mental health, perception of costs, and experience of personal growth.The pattern of the correlations that emerged indicates that the transition to maternal grandmotherhood, a normative life event, may evoke both positive and negative cognitions and emotions.
AB - Although becoming a grandmother represents an important transition in a woman's life, it has received scant research attention. This study used the model of growth developed by Schaefer and Moos in an attempt to identify personal and environmental resources that may contribute to a first-time maternal grandmother's mental health and her perceptions of costs and sense of personal growth. One hundred and two Israeli women completed a series of questionnaires twice: (1) during their daughter's first pregnancy and (2) following the birth of their first grandchild. The independent variables included the personal resources of education, physical health, self-esteem, attachment style, and self-mastery and the environmental resources of grandmother's perception of level of intimacy with her daughter and active involvement with the grandchild. Findings reveal that education, attachment style, self-esteem, and self-mastery are associated with mental health, perception of costs, and experience of personal growth.The pattern of the correlations that emerged indicates that the transition to maternal grandmotherhood, a normative life event, may evoke both positive and negative cognitions and emotions.
KW - Maternal grandmothers
KW - Mental health
KW - Personal growth
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77749249160&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/swr/34.1.45
DO - 10.1093/swr/34.1.45
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???
AN - SCOPUS:77749249160
SN - 1070-5309
VL - 34
SP - 45
EP - 57
JO - Social Work Research
JF - Social Work Research
IS - 1
ER -