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Peer reviewedKing, Valarie; Elder, Glen H., Jr. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1995
Examines differences between rural farm and nonfarm families on the extent and quality of relationships between adolescents and their grandparents, with emphasis on linking relationships. Grandchildren in farm families have more contact with grandparents and rate the quality of their relationship higher, particularly with paternal grandparents.…
Descriptors: Extended Family, Family Relationship, Grandchildren, Grandparents
Peer reviewedSpitze, Glenna; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1994
Examined effects of adult children's divorce on their relationships with parents, using local probability sample of 905 parents. In general, divorced daughters with child custody had more contact than married daughters and received more help from parents. Sons received more babysitting help when they were married than in other situations. Divorce…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Child Custody, Divorce, Grandchildren
Peer reviewedKing, Valarie; Elder, Glen H., Jr. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1997
Examines how culture and interactions of family life influence grandparent-grandchild relationships. Results, based on 662 grandparents, show that grandparent involvement with grandchildren is significantly influenced by grandparents having known their own grandparents. Sharing a household with a grandparent made little difference in grandparents'…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics, Family History, Family Structure
Peer reviewedJendrek, Margaret Platt – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993
Interviewed 114 grandparents who provided daily care to their grandchildren. Found that providing care was associated with changes in grandparents' lifestyle, friendships, family relationships, and marital relationships. Effects differed according to type of care provided: living with grandchildren and having legal responsibility, living with…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Family Relationship, Friendship, Grandchildren
Peer reviewedWhitbeck, Les B.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993
Investigated effects of early family experiences on mediating role of parents for grandparent-grandchild relationship. Findings from parents' and ninth graders' reports regarding 1,138 grandparents revealed that recalled nonoptimal parent-child relationships between parents and grandparents negatively affected the contemporary parent-grandparent…
Descriptors: Family History, Family Relationship, Grade 9, Grandchildren
Peer reviewedBiblarz, Timothy J.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1996
Examines differences in patterns of social mobility experienced by three generations (grandparents, parents, and children) within the same family lineages. Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Generations, found that each successive generation of offspring has had higher occupational attainment than the one before. However, the rate of upward…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Age Groups, Family (Sociological Unit)
