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An intergenerational perspective on grandparent roles — views of young parents and middle-age/older adults
Author(s)	Mary Dellmann-Jenkins, Ami Haynes Hollis, Karen Lowry Gordon
Journal title	Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 3, no 1, 2005
Pages	pp 35-48
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Grandparents ; Social roles ; Attitude ; Parents ; Young adults [20-25] ; Mature adults ; Middle aged ; Comparison ; United States of America.
Annotation	Data for this study was collected from 105 young parents and 105 middle-aged and older adults. Both groups identified multiple roles as important for grandparents to initiate with young grandchildren: these included being a playmate as well as a friend, teacher, and role model. Intergenerational differences were also found with middle-aged; and older adults were more likely than young parents to rank religious guide and family historian as important roles to enact with young grandchildren. Young parents were more likely than the older participants to predict that grandparents would be remembered by their grandchildren as fun, having high values, being role models and financially supportive. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-061018201 A
Classmark	SW: TM5: DP: SR: SD6: SDM: SE: 48: 7T
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