Longing for grandparenthood: Its association with life satisfaction in late middle adulthood.

The present study applies the life-span theoretical concept of life longing () to grandparenthood as an important normative transition of middle and late adulthood that can be hoped for but not acted upon. A cross-sectional online study was conducted with = 477 parents (73.5% women; age range: 40-81 years) whose adult children have not (yet) had offspring.