Third generation love: the lived experiences of grandmothers being the primary caregivers to their grandchildren in selected areas of Cavite / by Jonelyn May M. Fleras, and Aurea Marie D. Rua.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : Cavite State University- Main Campus, 2019.Description: xii, 119 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 305.26 F62 2019
- College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Department of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Thesis (Bachelor of Science in Psychology) Cavite State University.
Includes bibliographical references.
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Department of Social Sciences and Humanities
ABSTRACT
FLERAS, JONELYN MAY M. and RUA, AUREA MARIE D. Third Generation Love: The Lived Experiences of Grandmothers Being the Primary Caregivers to their Grandchildren in Selected Areas of Cavite. Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. June 2019. Thesis Adviser: Renato T. Agdalpen, MA
This study sought to explore the lived experiences of grandmothers serving as primary caregivers to their grandchild/grandchildren. Specifically, it aimed to: determine the factors that made grandmothers the primary caregivers of their grandchild/grandchildren; explore the experiences of grandmothers in raising their grandchild/grandchildren; recognize the problems encountered by the grandmothers in raising their grandchild/grandchildren; identify the meaning of motherhood from the view point of grandmothers, considering that they are raising grandchild/grandchildren. The study utilized the phenomenological research design involving eight grandmothers from selected areas of Cavite. Interview was used in the study to determine the lived experiences of grandmothers raising their grandchild/grandchildren. This was done with the use of a semi-structured interview guide, validated by experts. Based on the data gathered by the researchers, there were various factors that made the grandmothers to be the primary caregiver of their grandchildren. One of these was unemployment, parental separation, parents working abroad, and teenage pregnancy. It was evidently seen that grandmothers tend to indulge their grandchildren by means of understanding, love and care, and even material things. They always prioritized their grandchildren more than their own offspring. They were challenged when raising their grandchildren, for they felt they were under pressure. They thought that the society may understanding love and care, and even material things. They always prioritized their grandchildren more than their own offspring. They were challenged when raising their grandchildren, for they felt they were under pressure. They thought that the society may judge the way they raised their grandchildren. As for the problems encountered, they handled it pleasantly. This was because grandmothers were knowledgeable and experienced in raising a child.
Submitted to the University Library July 01, 2019 T-8043