TY - JOUR T1 - From grandparenthood to great-grandparenthood. Exploring a family role JO - Anuario de Psicología / The UB Journal of Psychology T2 - AU - Castañeda-García,Pedro Javier AU - Valle-Sanz,Cristina AU - Gutiérrez-Barroso,Josué SN - 00665126 M3 - 10.1016/j.anpsic.2018.01.003 DO - 10.1016/j.anpsic.2018.01.003 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-anuario-psicologia-the-ub-199-articulo-from-grandparenthood-great-grandparenthood-exploring-family-S0066512618300047 AB - BackgroundIn the light of the growing presence of a fourth generation in families, that of the great-grandparents, this study examines the interaction between individuals of this generation and their great-grandchildren taking into account their prior role as grandparents and certain sociodemographic characteristics. MethodsDescriptive study with 46 participants with great-grandchildren, who completed an interview that involved answering questions about sociodemographic variables and some of the most frequent intergenerational activities. The Wilcoxon, Kruskal–Wallis, and Mann–Whitney U nonparametric tests were used to analyze the data. ResultsThe data showed that 80.5% of the great-grandparents engage in interaction with their great-grandchildren in all the activities studied; further, these activities coincide with those previously shared with their grandchildren, albeit at a much lower rate. Age, the presence of health problems, and the number of great-grandchildren are related to a reduction in the frequency of certain shared activities between great-grandparents and great-grandchildren. ConclusionsThe results of this initial study of the great-grandparenthood role can help show how this generation's socializing role can be complementary to the other extended family roles of grandparenthood and parenthood. Our improved understanding of this role can help us better plan for optimizing interventions over the four generations. ER -