2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The vertical section study on family function in the family of the nurture period and psychological development of grandparents

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22792232
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Lifelong developmental nursing
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	NAKAMICHI YUKI 九州大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (00437790)
Project Period (FY)	2010-04-01 – 2013-03-31
Keywords	養育期の家族 / 家族看護 / 祖父母 / 子育て支援
Research Abstract	This study was comprised of three investigation.The relation of grandparents and the grandchild varied according to the presence or absence of operation of mother of the grandchild.The grandparents that mother of the grandchild began work brought up a grandchild and created the relationship with the grandchild in a role to raise a grandchild. Grandparents were high in the psychological well-being score so that there were many contact and relations with the grandchild, and a mental health score, a feeling of subjective health were high.While a mother generation and grandparents generation respected mutual roles through birth / the growth of the grandchild, it promoted each other's developments to accomplish a role, and it was suggested that we were connected in promoting a family function more.