Resumen de The grandchildren received affection scale: examining affectual solidarity factors
Because the use of affectionate communication may differ across relational contexts (Mansson & Booth-Butterfield, 2011), the purpose of this study was to develop a measure to assess grandchildren’s received affectionate communication from their grandparents.
Participants ( N ¼ 662) were young adult grandchildren recruited from two public uni- versities. The results of principal component analyses, Pearson correlations, one-sampled t tests, and multiple linear regressions indicate that grandchildren receive four types of affectionate communication from their grandparents: love and esteem; caring; memories and stories; and celebratory affection. The results further indicate that grandchildren’s reports of received affection from their grandparents are related positively to, and gener- ally predictive of, their relational characteristics (i.e., liking, relational satisfaction, and communication satisfaction) with their grandparents. These findings provide a valuable contribution to both the affectionate communication and the grandparent-grandchild literature.
