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Grandparenting Activities and Mental Health in Northern Sri Lanka

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JOURNAL OF INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 194-214

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ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/15350770.2021.1991869

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Healthy aging; grandparenting activities; psychosocial distress; instrumental activities of daily living; quantitative research; Sri Lanka

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Grandparenting activities are of increasing interest to researchers seeking to understand reduced social engagement and depression among aging adults. Through a pilot study in Sri Lanka involving 79 grandparents aged 55 and above, it was found that greater engagement in generative grandparenting activities was correlated with lower distress and this association was stronger among grandparents with more functional limitations.
Grandparenting activities are of increasing interest to researchers seeking to understand reduced social engagement and depression among aging adults. Heterogeneity in the population and caretaking roles complicate its measurement. We piloted a measure of grandparenting activities among 79 grandparents (aged 55+) in Sri Lanka and correlated those activity levels with psychological distress. Second, we explored whether the aforementioned correlation varied by grandparent functional limitations. We found that greater engagement in generative grandparenting activities was correlated with lower distress, and that association was stronger among grandparents with more functional limitations. We discuss possible explanations and implications of these findings.

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