El presente estudio tiene como objetivo examinar la relación entre abuelos/as y sus nietos/as adolescentes comparando ambos puntos de vista. Una muestra de 67 parejas contestó a una serie de instrumentos paralelos que recogían aspectos de su relación (contacto, actividades de ocio, intercambios de apoyo y cercanía) con el otro miembro de la parejas. Los resultados sugieren que los abuelos/as perciben que la relación cambia más a medida que el nieto/a se hace mayor. Las discrepancias encontradas entre ambas generaciones ponen en duda la adecuación a la relación entre abuelos y nietos de la hipótesis del interés intergeneracional, que predice una percepción más optimista de la relación en las generaciones mayores. Nuestros resultados también remarcan la importancia de considerar la comparación entre perspectivas como aspecto relevante para comprender mejor las relaciones intergeneracionales dentro de la familia.
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