Social Pathology and Prevention 2022, 8(2):23-36 | DOI: 10.25142/spp.2023.015

RELATIONSHIPS WITH GRANDPARENTS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF GRANDCHILDREN

Elżbieta Napora1
1 Faculty of Social Sciences Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa

The aim  was  to  assess  the  strength  of  the  relationship  between  the  closeness  and the frequency of relations between grandchildren and grandparents, taking into account the age of life and the structure of the family of origin of the respondents. The research was conducted on a
group of adolescents who retrospectively assessed their relationship with their grandparents. The obtained results showed that young people assessed the closeness and frequency of contact with their maternal grandmother more favorably in single mother families than respondents from full families. On the other hand, young people from full families assess the quality of life higher than those from single mother families.

Keywords: grandparents, the quality of life, grandchildren

Received: May 4, 2023; Revised: August 11, 2023; Accepted: August 21, 2023; Published: October 20, 2023  Show citation

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