TY - JOUR T1 - Effects of retirement and grandchild care on depressive symptoms. JF - Int J Aging Hum Dev Y1 - 2006 A1 - Maximiliane E Szinovacz A1 - Adam Davey KW - Aged KW - Aging KW - Child KW - Child Rearing KW - depression KW - Family Characteristics KW - Female KW - Holistic health KW - Humans KW - Intergenerational Relations KW - Leisure activities KW - Longitudinal Studies KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Retirement KW - Sex Factors KW - Social Responsibility KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - United States AB -

This study explores how grandchild care in conjunction with grandparents' retirement affects depressive symptoms, using data from the Health and Retirement Survey. The findings demonstrate that retirement moderates the influence of grandchild care obligations on well-being, measured by depressive symptoms. For retired men, freedom from grandchild care obligations is associated with heightened well-being. Among women, continued employment seems to protect against potential negative effects of extensive grandchild care obligations on well-being. The results for men seem most in line with the argument that family care obligations spoil retirement, whereas the results for women suggest a scenario that is most compatible with the role enhancement thesis.

PB - 62 VL - 62 IS - 1 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16454480?dopt=Abstract U4 - Caregiving/Retirement/Children ER -