Family Contingencies Across the Generations: Grandparent‐Grandchild Relationships in Holistic Perspective

Mueller, Margaret M.; Elder, Glen H.

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00404.x

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“…In relation to the sex of grandparent and grandchild it has been said that the same-sex grandparent-grandchild dyads are closer that is to say grandmothers are closer with granddaughters and grandfathers with grandsons. Dubas (2001) detected a closer relationship in same-sex grandparent-grandchild dyads, but many studies have not found evidence for sex discrimination (Block 2000;Mueller and Elder 2003;Triado et al 2005;Höpflinger and Hummel 2006).…”

Section: Life Course Perspectivementioning

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Adolescent grandchildren’s perceptions of grandparents’ involvement in UK: an interpretation from life course and evolutionary theory perspective

Danielsbacka

Tanskanen

2012

Eur J Ageing

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In this article, we study grandparental involvement from the viewpoint of evolutionary theory and sociological life course perception. We have used 'the Involved Grandparenting and Child Well-Being 2007' survey, which is the first nationally representative sample of British and Welsh adolescents aged 11-16 (n = 1,488). First, we explore with the descriptive statistics the amount of grandparental involvement reported by adolescents. The result follows the predicted pattern: maternal grandparent is reported to involve in a grandchild's life the most, second maternal grandfather, third paternal grandmother and the last paternal grandfather. Second, we focus more closely on separate grandparents and show with four linear regression models which factors are connected to each grandparent's involvement. Grandchild's age, grandparent's health, grandparent's labour force participation and distance between a grandparent and a grandchild were factors that have similar effects in relation to all grandparents. Marital status mattered only for grandfathers, whereas family structure of a grandchild has opposite effects in relation to maternal and paternal grandparents. Grandchild's sex, grandparent's age, the number of grandchildren and the number of living grandparents all mattered, but only with respect to some grandparents. The study shows that it is advantageous to merge sociological and evolutionary viewpoints when studying a grandparental involvement in a modern society.

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Section: Life Course Perspectivementioning

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“…Smith 1991). The total number of grandchildren may limit the grandparental involvement in a particular grandchild (Elder and Conger 2000;Mueller and Elder 2003). The number of other grandparents still alive might also make a difference with respect of grandparental involvement.…”

Section: Life Course Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescent grandchildren’s perceptions of grandparents’ involvement in UK: an interpretation from life course and evolutionary theory perspective

Danielsbacka

Tanskanen

2012

Eur J Ageing

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“…Cluster analysis is a person-centered, holistic approach in the sense that individual participants are treated as indivisible wholes (Mueller & Elder, 2003). It is a technique used to group people with similar configurations or patterns on key variables (Mueller et al, 2002) and stands in contrast to classification analyses that group variables (e.g., discriminant function analysis, exploratory factor analysis [EFA]).…”

Section: The Current Studymentioning

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Grandfather Involvement and Aging Men’s Mental Health

Bates

Taylor

2012

Am J Mens Health

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The mental health of aging men is an understudied social issue. Although it is widely accepted that meaningful family relationships are associated with fewer depressive symptoms and greater positive affect, scholars have largely overlooked relationships between grandfathers and grandchildren as being beneficial to men's mental health. This study investigates the differences in the depressive symptoms and positive affect of 351 grandfathers. Using a cluster analytic technique, participants were categorized as involved, passive, and disengaged based on their frequency of contact, level of commitment, and participation in activities with grandchildren. Comparative analyses indicate that involved grandfathers had fewer depressive symptoms than disengaged grandfathers. Involved grandfathers had significantly higher scores on positive affect than disengaged grandfathers, and passive grandfathers had significantly higher scores on positive affect than disengaged grandfathers. This study provides evidence that grandfather-grandchild relationships influence aging men's mental health. Implications for practitioners working with aging men are discussed.

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“…Nemalú úlohu v tomto procese zohrávajú vnúčatá, ktoré našich participantov k týmto formám a aj všeobecne k rôznorodejším praktikám spo-jeným so starootcovskou rolou podnecujú, resp. facilitujú aktívnejšie napĺňanie starootcovstva [Mueller, Elder 2003]. …”

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'It's Raining, Grandpa, Let's Go Out! So We Went.' Grandfathering as an Essential Role for Older Men

Sedláková¹,

Galčanová²,

Bělehradová³

2018

Czech Sociological Review

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Abstract:The study examines the experiences of contemporary older Czech men specifically in their role as grandfathers. Despite the great body of research devoted to the issues of grandparenthood, most attention, both locally and internationally, has been given to women and grandmotherhood. To overcome this shortcoming, we present findings based on eleven qualitative interviews conducted with men with diverse grandparenting experiences and performing various forms of caring practices. Grandparenting is a negotiated, relational, and highly gendered social role, which we explored in our research through our respondents' narratives focused on everydayness and memories of their own experience as a grandchild. Based on their self-reflective narratives we were able to describe the performative potential of grandparenting and define four types of activities through which grandfather roles take shape. On this basis we were also able to describe the spatio-temporal aspects of these practices, which proved to be crucial for understanding of gender issues of grandfatherhood. Although the narratives of the participants in our research reflect an active approach to fulfilling the grandparenting role, their caring practices are still predominantly structured in a gender-stereotyped way. In terms of theory, our research results build on and seek to contribute to one of the most influential theoretical models of grandfathers' involvement proposed by Bates and Taylor.

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Family Contingencies Across the Generations: Grandparent‐Grandchild Relationships in Holistic Perspective

Cited by 168 publications

References 22 publications

Adolescent grandchildren’s perceptions of grandparents’ involvement in UK: an interpretation from life course and evolutionary theory perspective

Adolescent grandchildren’s perceptions of grandparents’ involvement in UK: an interpretation from life course and evolutionary theory perspective

Grandfather Involvement and Aging Men’s Mental Health

'It's Raining, Grandpa, Let's Go Out! So We Went.' Grandfathering as an Essential Role for Older Men

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