Abstract

HAYASHI, Maria Cristina Piumbato Innocentini; HAYASHI, Carlos Roberto Massao; REBELLATO, Carolina  and  MARTINEZ, Claudia Maria Simões. Intergenerational Solidarity of Grandparents with Disabled Grandchildren: Bibliometric and Content Analysis. Rev. bras. educ. espec. [online]. 2021, vol.27, e0025.  Epub Mar 02, 2021. ISSN 1980-5470.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-54702021v27e0025.

Grandparents, especially the grandmothers, are important sources of support for families of children with disabilities. The presence of these grandmothers in the context of the daily life of these families provides intergenerational support exchanges that can act as protection mechanisms and promote the family resilience. In this context, intergenerational solidarity (IS) contributes to facing stressors and consequent impacts on the health of individuals. In this sense, this article aims to understand how the scientific production of the national and international scientific literature that addresses IS among grandparents and mothers of children with disabilities is configured. The bibliographic and exploratory-descriptive research was performed through bibliometric and content analysis. Data collection took place in the Portal of Capes journals, using search expressions extracted from the literature. After the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the corpus of analysis was created (n = 18). The results reported female majority in co-authored productions, from 1994 to 2016. There are 16 titles published in five countries. In most of the studies, the functional and affective dimensions were identified. From the study outcomes, the following subtopics are discussed: grandparents as sources of support; performance of professionals with the family, including grandparents; stress and conflict levels; differences and similarities between grandchildren with or without disabilities; and cultural and universal data. The present research reinforces the complexity of family relationships and the multidimensionality of intergenerational solidarity, which is built over time and traversed by the social and cultural context.

Keywords : Intergenerational solidarity; Family; Disabled child; Scientific production; Bibliometric analysis.

        · abstract in Portuguese     · text in Portuguese     · Portuguese ( pdf )