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<\/a><\/p>\nA new study indicates that grandparents and grandchildren have real, measurable effects on each other\u2019s psychological well-being long into grandchildren\u2019s adulthood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found that an emotionally close grandparent-adult grandchild relationship<\/strong> was associated with fewer symptoms of depression<\/strong> for both generations,\u201d said Sara M. Moorman, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute on Aging at Boston Colleg<\/a>e.<\/p>\n (Related:\u00a0Obamacare and Long-Term Care Insurance<\/a>)<\/p>\n Moorman will present the study at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association<\/a>. \u201cThe greater emotional support grandparents and adult grandchildren received from one another, the better their psychological health.\u201d<\/p>\n Furthermore, the study revealed that giving tangible support to or receiving it from their grandchildren affected the psychological well-being of grandparents but not grandchildren<\/em>. Also called functional solidarity or instrumental support, tangible support includes everything from a ride to the doctor to a helping hand with household chores and advice. In comparison, the researchers discovered that grandparents who (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new study indicates that grandparents and grandchildren have real, measurable effects on each other\u2019s psychological well-being long into grandchildren\u2019s adulthood. \u201cWe found that an emotionally close grandparent-adult grandchild relationship was associated with fewer symptoms of depression for both generations,\u201d…<\/span><\/p>\n