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Family histories and the demography of grandparenthood

Demographic Research, 2018
Background: Grandparenthood is an important phase of life for many individuals, and the grandparent role has consequences on younger generations and grandparents themselves.
Bruno Arpino, Jordi Gumà, Albert Julià
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“We Usually Go Out Instead, So That He Forgets About His Tablet”: (Great-)Grandparental Mediation in the Generational Order

International Journal of Communication, 2022
Research on mediation of children’s media use has primarily focused on parents, while the role of other social agents, such as grandparents, has gained little attention.
Carolina Martínez
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Grandparent–Grandchild Communication and Attitudes Toward Older Adults: Relational Solidarity and Shared Family Identity in China

International Journal of Communication, 2021
Guided by intergroup contact theory and communication accommodation theory, this study examined the direct and indirect effects of Chinese young adults’ (N = 211) intergenerational family communication on behavioral attitudes toward older adults ...
Yan Bing Zhang, Sile Li, Jake Harwood
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Grandparent–Grandchild Relationships in Chinese Immigrant Families in Los Angeles: Roles of Acculturation and the Middle Generation

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2018
Being a grandparent is an important social role for Chinese older adults. Despite an increasing number of older Chinese immigrants in the United States and the uniquely differing culture of the United States relative to Chinese culture, few studies ...
Ling Xu PhD, Iris Chi DSW, Shiyou Wu PhD
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Supporting resilience for autistic children and their families: appreciating the roles of grandparents

Frontiers in Education
Autistic children are confronted with many challenges in their daily lives. These include coping with sensory sensitivities, managing emotional regulation, and navigating social interactions.
Paulette Luff, Daniela Mangione, Mallika Kanyal, Mallika Kanyal, Marini Nishanthi Dissanayake   +4 more
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A comparison of the differences in the way parents and grandparents interact with children and their effects on children’s creative performance

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
As grandparents’ involvement in parenting becomes more common, it is valuable to understand the differences between grandparenting and parenting and how these differences affect children.
Ye Lu, Yilai Pei, Weiguo Pang
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RecView: an interactive R application for locating recombination positions using pedigree data

BMC Genomics, 2023
Background Recombination reshuffles alleles at linked loci, allowing genes to evolve independently and consequently enhancing the efficiency of selection.
Hongkai Zhang, Bengt Hansson
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Research Note: Effects of turning and short period of incubation during long-term egg storage on embryonic development and hatchability of eggs from young and old broiler grandparent flocks1

Poultry Science, 2021
Longer egg storage times (>7 d) are common in broiler parent and grandparent hatcheries to obtain the requested flock size. However, prolonged storage is known to decrease hatchability.
S. Özlü, A. Uçar, T. Erkuş, A.D. Nicholson, O. Elibol   +4 more
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Comprehensive Characterization of 98 Chinese Cases of Genetic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob Disease With T188K Mutation

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterize the demographic, clinical, and laboratory features of the Chinese patients of genetic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease with T188K variant (T188K‐gCJD), the most common subtype of genetic prion diseases (gPrDs) in China. Methods In this nationwide retrospective study, data from 98 genetically confirmed T188K‐gCJD patients ...
Chun‐Jie Li, Dong‐Lin Liang, Li‐Ping Gao, Wei‐Wei Zhang, Wei Zhou, A. Ruhan, Bing Xu, Run‐Dong Cao, Kang Xiao, Cao Chen, Qi Shi, Xiao‐Ping Dong   +11 more
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The magnitude and timing of grandparental coresidence during childhood in the United States

Demographic Research, 2017
Background: The likelihood that a US child will live with a grandparent has increased over time. In 2015, nearly 12Š of children lived with a grandparent. However, the likelihood that a child will ever live with a grandparent is not known.
Mariana Amorim, Rachel Dunifon, Natasha Pilkauskas   +2 more
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