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The meaning of grandparents as viewed by adolescent grandchildren
— an empirical study in Belgium | | Author(s) | Nancy Van Ranst, Karine Verschueren, Alfons Marcoen |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 41, no 4, 1995 |
| Pages | pp 311-324 |
| Keywords | Grandparents ; Adolescents ; Grandchildren ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Family relationships ; Social surveys ; Belgium. |
| Annotation | This investigation of adolescents and young adults in Flanders looks at why they value and feel close to their grandparents: they provide affection, reassurance of worth, and reliable alliance. Relational-affective and caregiving meanings were assigned more often to grandmothers, whereas advising, teaching and narrative roles were ascribed more often to grandfathers. Maternal grandparents were generally perceived as more important and closer than paternal grandparents. Early adolescents assigned more importance and meaning to their grandparents than middle and late adolescents. There were no differences between grandsons and granddaughters. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970731205 A |
| Classmark | SW: SC: SW5: TOB: DS:SJ: 3F: 76E |
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