Find Your Grandparenting Style

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Which role do many individuals perceive as easier and more gratifying than the role of parent?

  • The role of friend
  • The role of sibling
  • The role of grandparent (correct)
  • The role of teacher

What is one reason that middle-age adults derive a high level of satisfaction from the role of grandparent?

  • They have better health
  • They have more social support
  • They have more free time
  • They bring more energy and financial resources to the role (correct)

What has grandparent satisfaction been related to?

  • The number of grandchildren
  • The geographic distance between grandparents and grandchildren
  • The continued development of generativity (correct)
  • The age of the grandchildren

What did Reitzes and Mutran (2004) find about how men and women feel about their grandparent identities?

<p>They tend to feel more positive about their grandparent identities compared to their other adult identities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Thiele and Whelen (2008) find about the relationship between generativity and grandparent satisfaction?

<p>Increasing levels of generativity predicted greater satisfaction (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group of individuals are often placed in the role of continuing to provide financial support for their adult children?

<p>Parents whose adult children have established their own households (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What effect does providing financial support to dependent children tend to have on parent-child relations?

<p>Negative effect (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What has been found to be one of the main factors in parental conflict when generations share a home?

<p>Adult children's job loss (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does having at least one coresidential adult child affect the psychological well-being of middle-age parents?

<p>Decreases it (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does adult children's unemployment have a negative effect on?

<p>Parent-child relations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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