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Intergenerational Relationships and Affectual Solidarity Between Grandparents and Young Adults
Author(s) -
Monserud Maria A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00470.x
Subject(s) - grandparent , grandchild , kinship , closeness , perspective (graphical) , solidarity , developmental psychology , psychology , young adult , offspring , social psychology , sociology , political science , pregnancy , mathematical analysis , mathematics , artificial intelligence , politics , biology , anthropology , computer science , law , genetics
This study examines whether both parents’ relationships with their offspring, parents, and parents‐in‐law matter for young adults’ perceptions of closeness to grandparents. This study focuses on two groups of grandchildren (ages 18 – 23) in Wave 2 of the National Survey of Families and Households: young adults with married biological parents ( N = 442) and those whose biological mother is not married to their biological father ( N = 399). Findings suggest that it is important to examine grandparent‐grandchild ties within a complete kinship network. Parents’ relationships with the grandchild and grandparent generations were associated with the grandparent‐grandchild bond. In support of the kinkeeping perspective, mothers’ intergenerational ties across lineage lines appeared to be more influential for grandparent‐grandchild relationships than fathers’.