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, 2015 Grandparenting is a dynamic family practice that varies over time and between cultural contexts, and is shaped by material and structural factors such as social class, demographic change, and the welfare state context. Gender norms exert a strong influence on grandparenting practices and their negotiation across the dyadic grandparent-grandchild ...
Bert Hayslip +3 more
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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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All in the Family: Does Grandparenting Impact Chinese Grandparents’ Depressive Symptoms?
SAGE OpenGrandparenting is becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide, especially in Chinese society. However, the impact of grandparenting on older adults’ health remains unclear.
Huan Wang, Yu Lu, Jianyuan Huang
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Grandparents play a vital role in providing childcare to families. This article briefly summarizes what is known about the extent to which grandparents provide grandchild care and how grandparental childcare relates to a wide range of issues, including ...
Di Gessa, Giorgio
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Tongan grandparents and grandchildren: The impact of grandparenting
International Social Work, 2010 This article is part of a study on the phenomenon of grandparenting in the Tongan culture among grandparents and grandchildren living in the state of Hawaii and the island kingdom of Tonga (Vakalahi et al., 2008). Explored in this article are grandparent-related family, social, cultural, spiritual, systemic, and economic-based factors that serve as ...
Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi
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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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Grandparenting and Well-Being of the Elderly in China
Social Science Research Network, 2020 Grandparenting duties can affect the well-being of the elderly both positively and negatively. This paper disentangles the interactions between grandparenting, quality of life, and life satisfaction in China.
Qi Luo, J. Fidrmuc, Hao Wang
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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, health, and well-being: a systematic literature review
European Journal of Ageing, 2022 Whether grandparenting is associated with improved health or well-being among older adults is a salient question in present-day aging societies. This systematic review compiles studies that consider the health or well-being outcomes of grandparenting ...
M. Danielsbacka +2 more
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