Zaangażowanie w role dziadków – style pełnienia roli babci i dziadka i ich poczucie dobrostanu

The main aim of this article is to present the results of studies on the involvement into the role of grandparents and relationship with their grandchildren, and the importance of grandchildren with building a well-being of grandparents in terms of meaning and purpose of life. The research bases on the latest reports of psychological and sociological researches and on classification of styles of grandparenting proposed by Cherlin and Furstenberg. The results indicate the existence of differences between styles of grandparenting (involved, companionate, remote). The differences are related to contacts between grandchildren and grandparents, the amount of the forms of activities with grandchildren, the level of help which the grandparents offer to the parents and the significance that grandchildren have with building well-being of grandparents.