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Theories of Grandparental Stress
Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2018 Many grandparents today have the responsibility of caring for their grandchildren. Clearly, grandparenting has become a complex, diversified role within families.
Thamilselvi Pandialagappan +1 more
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic ...
Yifeng Cheng, M. Obaidul Hamid
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Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2018 Very few studies have examined quality of life (QOL) in elderly carers of orphaned children in African settings. This study explored sociodemographic factors and health-related characteristics that influence QOL of grandparent carers in Zimbabwe. A cross-
Magen Mhaka-Mutepfa PhD
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Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie, 2013 bespreking: Teun Geurts. Grandparent – grandchild relationships in The Netherlands: a dynamic and multigenerational perspective. Proefschrift VU Amsterdam, 2012, (4)-152 pp.
Alfons Marcoen
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract When I was 12, my family told me a story about their community falling apart and coming together, a time when someone tried putting a nuclear facility in their (our?) hometown. Since we moved when I was too young to remember, the story had little significance until I embarked on a “hometown” ethnographic journey for my dissertation.
Chandler L. Classen
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Caring Flexibly? Working Conditions and the Supply of Adult Care
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although flexible employment policies can help employed individuals balance caregiving and paid work, limited evidence has been devoted to examining the effect of working flexibly on the supply of care to older adults. In this paper, we study the impact of flexible working conditions on the supply of informal adult care and mental health.
Joan Costa‐Font, Wanying Wang
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Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Perceived parental autonomy support (PAS) and life satisfaction (LS) may change during adolescence, yet longitudinal studies have typically examined prospective associations and developmental trajectories in separate models. This study examined how these constructs changed and were linked throughout secondary school in South Korea.
Boseok Kim, Yuri Jeong
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Lactation, Childrearing, and Gender Justice
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, I discuss the significance of early infant feeding choices for the goal of gender justice. Focusing on human lactation practices, I identify Exclusive Gestational Nursing (EGN) as the norm in advanced industrial societies, which creates the expectation and permission for gestators, and only gestators, to nurse children, and ...
Jenny Brown
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.Abstract Background Early exposure to maternal depression can increase risk for offspring mental health problems across the lifespan. Less is known about the transdiagnostic pathways through which maternal depression influences offspring mental health risk in young adulthood.
Gabrielle R. Rinne +3 more
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