親の代わりに孫を養育する祖母の家族再形成

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  • Family Reshaping by Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren as Substitute Parents
  • オヤ ノ カワリ ニ マゴ オ ヨウイクスル ソボ ノ カゾク サイケイセイ

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A pioneering study was conducted in Japan about grandmothers who bear the res-ponsibility of raising their grandchildren as the primary caregiver, substituting for the parents. The findings are as follows:<BR>(1) The grandmothers' experience in the family of orientation affected raising of children in the family of procreation, and they justified raising grandchildren by saying that their own children were not raised properly in the family of procreation.<BR>(2) The younger the grandmothers and their grandchildren are, the more easier their "family adaption" is made. For the paternal grandmother, "family adaption" is easer when the grandchild is a boy (direct line).<BR>(3) The "meaning" of raising grandchildren at the outset was found in the grand-mothers' conviction that their children were not raised properly in the family of procreation, but this shifted to "purpose of life" as a result of performing tasks more satisfactorily than their own children raising. The level of satisfaction experienced in "child rearing" affected the "meaning" of grandchildren raising.<BR>(4) Based on an analysis using Boolean Algebra, the necessary condition for the grandmothers to continue raising their grandchildren is the physical resource of "age." The economic resource of "continued employment" or the normative re-sourse of "a combination other than the paternal grandmother and a granddaugter" is another prerequisite. Factors preventing the continuance are the economic resource of "un-employment (full-time housewife)" and the normative resource of "a combination of the paternal grandmother and a granddaughter."<BR>(5) One factor justifying the grandmothers' raising their grandchildren is the psychological resource of "family solidarity." Furthemore the normative resource of "family persistence" dominates the continuity of their raising. Although limited, these "family solidarity" and "family persistence" mean that the characteristics of prewar Japanese families persist.<BR>* (1)-(3) were concluded by grandmothers who attained "family adaption."

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