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Transition to Grandparenthood and Job-Related Attitudes: Do Grandparental Sex and Lineage Matter?

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Title: Transition to Grandparenthood and Job-Related Attitudes: Do Grandparental Sex and Lineage Matter?
Authors: Wiese, Bettina S.1, Burk, Christian L.2, Jaeckel, Dalit3
Source: Journal of Marriage & Family. Jun2016, Vol. 78 Issue 3, p830-847. 18p. 1 Diagram, 11 Charts, 1 Graph.
Subject Terms: Grandparenting, Attitudes toward work, Retirement, Job involvement, Grandmothers, Grandfathers, Loneliness in old age, Lineage
Abstract: This study investigated the impact of the transition to grandparenthood on employees' psychological involvement in their job, attitude toward retirement, and retirement-related hopes and concerns, taking into account sex and lineage. The participants were 152 maternal and paternal grandparents who were assessed at 2 time points (approximately 2 months before and 3 months after the birth of their first grandchild) and 76 control participants who completed the same assessments with an interval of 6 months. Both grandmothers and grandfathers were less involved in their job and had more family-related hopes and fewer retirement-related concerns about health, finances, and dependence than control participants. The analyses also revealed lineage effects: Maternal grandparents were less psychologically involved in their job and had a more positive attitude toward retirement, in particular fewer fears of uselessness and loneliness, than paternal grandparents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:This study investigated the impact of the transition to grandparenthood on employees' psychological involvement in their job, attitude toward retirement, and retirement-related hopes and concerns, taking into account sex and lineage. The participants were 152 maternal and paternal grandparents who were assessed at 2 time points (approximately 2 months before and 3 months after the birth of their first grandchild) and 76 control participants who completed the same assessments with an interval of 6 months. Both grandmothers and grandfathers were less involved in their job and had more family-related hopes and fewer retirement-related concerns about health, finances, and dependence than control participants. The analyses also revealed lineage effects: Maternal grandparents were less psychologically involved in their job and had a more positive attitude toward retirement, in particular fewer fears of uselessness and loneliness, than paternal grandparents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00222445
DOI:10.1111/jomf.12307