| Description |
viii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Grandparent research: past, present, and future / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- Grandparent over time: historical and demographic trends / Peter Uhlenberg and James B. Kirby -- Grandparenthood in cross-cultural perspective / Charlotte Ikels -- Grandparenting in family systems: an ecological perspective / Valarie King, Stephen T. Russell, and Glen H. Elder, Jr. -- Grandparenthood in African American families / Andrea G. Hunter and Robert J. Taylor -- Grandparenthood among Hispanics / Norma Williams and Diana J. Torrez -- Asian grandparents / Yoshinori Kamo -- Gender variations / Glenna Spitze and Russell A. Ward -- Transitions in grandparents' lives: effects on the grandparent role / Vira R. Kivett -- Intergenerational solidarity and the grandparent role / Merril Silverstein, Roseann Giarrusso, and Vern L. Bengtson -- Grandparents' influences on grandchildren / Angela M. Tomlin -- Grandparents and older grandchildren / Lynne Gershenson Hodgson -- Effects of adult children's divorce on grandparenthood / Colleen L. Johnson -- Grandparents as caregivers / Barbara A. Hirshorn -- Clinical interventions in intergenerational relations / Richard B. Miller and Jonathan G. Sandberg -- Public policy and grandparents: contrasting perspectives / Joan Aldous -- Programs for grandparents / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Angela Roberts -- Research on grandparenting: needed refinements in concepts, theories, and methods / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-336) and index. |
| Subject |
Grandparents -- Social conditions.
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Grandparenting.
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Grandparent and child.
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| Added Author |
Szinovácz, Maximiliane.
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| ISBN |
0313298866 alkaline paper |
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