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| American grandchildren's use of relational maintenance behaviors with their grandparents | | Author(s) | Daniel Hans Mansson |
| Journal title | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 14, no 4, October-December 2016 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2016 |
| Pages | pp 338-352 |
| Source | htpp://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Grandparents ; Grandchildren ; Young adults [20-25] ; Family relationships ; Behaviour ; Attitude ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The present investigation sought to advance extant relational maintenance research in the context of grandparent-grandchild (GP-GC) relationships from the perspective of grandchildren. Specifically, this study examined the extent to which American grandchildren's use of relational maintenance behaviours with their grandparents is (a) dependent on grandchildren's and grandparents' biological sex, (b) dependent on family lineage (i.e. maternal versus paternal grandparents), and (c) associated with grandchildren's perceived GP-GC relational characteristics (i.e. trust, commitment and control mutuality). In this study a cohort of 220 young adult American grandchildren completed a series of established instruments in reference to their relationships with a specific grandparent. The results of three MANOVAs and a series of Pearson correlations indicated that grandchildren's use of relational maintenance behaviours with their grandparents is not dependent on the grandchildren's or the grandparents' biological sex, nor is it dependent on family lineage. However grandchildren's tendencies to sustain their GP-GC relationships were closely associated with their perceived GP-GC relational characteristics. These findings both corroborate and contradict extant GP-GC and relational maintenance research. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170217223 A |
| Classmark | SW: SW5: SD6: DS:SJ: DM: DP: 7T |
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