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Grandmother-Adult Child Solidarity and Grandmother's Child-rearing Role: Moderated Mediation Effect of Caregiving Satisfaction and Relation with Grandchild

조모-성인자녀 결속도와 조모역할수행 간의 관계에서 돌봄만족과 손주관계의 조절된 매개효과

  • Chung, Mi Ra (Department of Early Childhood Education, Gachon University) ;
  • Choi, Hye Jeong (Sesalmaul Research Institute, Gachon University)
  • 정미라 (가천대학교 유아교육학과) ;
  • 최혜정 (가천대학교 세살마을연구원)
  • Received : 2018.02.28
  • Accepted : 2018.04.02
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

This study examined how the relationship between grandmother-adult child solidarity, caregiving satisfaction, and grandmother's child-rearing role varies according to the relation with the grandchild. Mediation effects and moderated mediation effects were analyzed to investigate the relationship between these variables. The participants were 295 grandmothers raising preschool-aged grandchildren in the Seoul and Gyeonggi areas. Data was analyzed using SPSS 23.0 and PROCESS macro, performing correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. The statistical significance of the indirect effect was examined using a bootstrapping procedure. The results are as follows. First, grandmother-adult child solidarity directly affects the grandmother's child-rearing role. Second, grandmother-adult child solidarity indirectly affects the grandmother's child-rearing role through caregiving satisfaction. Third, the direct and indirect effects of grandmother-adult child solidarity on the grandmother's child-rearing role are moderated by the relation with the grandchild. The direct effect of grandmother-adult child solidarity on grandmother's child-rearing role was therefore shown to be significant on the maternal grandmother. Fourth, the indirect effect of grandmother-adult child solidarity on the grandmother's child-rearing role through caregiving satisfaction was shown to be significant on the paternal grandmother. Based on the results of this study, we discussed ways to strengthen the capacity of co-parenting between grandparents and adult children.

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