A Study of Social Support in Three Generations

Exploring Intergenerational Differences in Social Support

Abstract

The present study was designed to examine the intergenerational differences in social support. A sample of 180 (60 grandparents 60 parents and 60 their young adults) between the age range of 18-76 was selected from rural and urban areas. The participants were administered the measures of Hindi Adaptation (Dogra, 1990) of Social Support Questionnaire was developed by Sarason in 1983. Obtained data were analyzed by applying descriptive statistic, One Way ANOVA. The study revealed that the grandparents have more social support than parents and young adults, while parents were found to have more social support than young adults. Hence, it may be concluded that grandparents were found to have more social support on two domains of social support, while young adults were found to have less social support than grandparents and parents.