Grandparenting: Created by Evolution Revised by History: Still in Use Today [PDF]
European Journal of Mental Health, 2018 The ageing of Western societies and its consequences have been long focused on by extended research. Taking care of the elderly is a heavy burden for the healthcare system, the social care system and for the families, and according to statistics and ...
Veronika Bóné
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The impact of grandparenting on mental health among rural middle-aged and older adults in China: exploring the role of children’s support [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryObjectivesIn the rural regions of China, characterized by a pronounced aging demographic and limited resources, a substantial proportion of middle-aged and older adults engage in grandparenting roles.
You-Hua Wang, Xiao-Liang Hu, Yue Li
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Decoding the Generational Digital Divide: Profiles and Predictors of Grandparents’ Attitudes Toward Young Children’s Technology Use [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesIn today’s digital age, child-rearing presents unique challenges that extend across generations, impacting both parenting and grandparenting. This study investigated patterns of grandparents’ attitudes toward their grandchildren’s technology use and ...
Wenwei Luo +4 more
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Transnational intergenerational relationships and doing transcultural family through mandarin learning: an ethnographic glance at Chinese dynamics in four intercultural families in Germany [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyThis article explores the micro dimension within the field of intercultural family studies. The ethnographic study focuses on Chinese elements in transcultural upbringing practices within families with Chinese mothers and German fathers raising their ...
Jiayin Li-Gottwald
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Structural Features and Individual Initiatives in Shaping Contemporary Grandparenting
SenectusArber, S., & Timonen, V. (Eds.). (2012). Contemporary grandparenting: Changing family relationships in global contexts. The Policy Press.
Hayriye Sena Çelik
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Intergenerational Parenting Styles and Children’s Problem Behaviors: The Mediating Role of the Grandparent–Parent Relationship [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesIn China, grandparents play a significant role in childrearing. This study aims to identify latent profiles of intergenerational parenting styles and explore their impact on grandchildren’s behavioral outcomes. A total of 1432 Chinese children (Mage = 12.
Furong Lu +4 more
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Are Religious Grandparents More Involved Grandparents? [PDF]
The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 1999 This study explores how various aspects of a grandparent's religiousness are related to involvement with their grandchildren.The study ascertains whether religious grandparents are significantly more involved with their grandchildren than less religious grandparents by testing a series of bivariate and multivariate regression models.
V, King, G H, Elder
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Anthropology & Aging, 2023 In this article we comparatively explore experiences and notions of retirement in two ethnographic sites of Milan, Italy, and Yaoundé, Cameroon, by paying attention to how grandparenting is perceived and practiced in relation to kinship roles and ...
Shireen Walton, Patrick Awondo
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Grandparenting as the resolution of kinship as experience [PDF]
, 2022 This article argues that a population of relatively affluent retired people in a small Irish town have employed the possibilities of grandparenting to resolve many of the tensions of contemporary kinship.
Garvey, Pauline, Miller, Daniel
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Psychometric Properties and Cut-off Points of Burden and Satisfaction Associated with Caregiving Role among Iranian Grandparents [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2020 Objective: Caregiving burden is defined as a specific level of pressure and problems expressed by caregiver or family, which involves a range of psychological, emotional, social and economic problems.
Ebrahim Nazari Far +4 more
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