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Grandparents, Adolescents, and Parents

Intergenerational Relations of Taiwanese Youth

Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

En-ling Pan

National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei

Ying-hwa Chang

Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Chao-wen Chan

Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

This article examines intergenerational relations from the perspective of Taiwanese youth. Specifically, the major focus is on how the relations between second and third generations may be affected by prior family experiences between first, second, and third generations. Possible effects of the three-generation living arrangement on intergenerational relations are also explored. Panel data of 2,500 seventh graders in 2000 in northern Taiwan show that half of teenagers were raised in coresidence living arrangement with grandparents. Results confirm that relations between grandparents and parents and between grandparents and grandchildren do affect parent-teenager relations. Notably, more so than coresidence, the early family experience of being cared for by paternal grandparents produces significant positive effects on adolescent-father relations and negative adolescent-father relations if cared for by maternal grandparents. It is suggested that the impact of earlier family process on subsequent family relations is worth further investigation.

Key Words: intergenerational relations • coresidence • child care arrangement • emotional closeness • filial values

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