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Strengths and needs of working-class African-American and Anglo-American grandparents
Author(s)	Jeffrey A Watson, Sally A Koblinsky
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 44, no 2, 1997
Pages	pp 149-165
Keywords	Grandparents ; Working class ; White people ; Black African ; United States of America.
Annotation	In this study, gender and racial differences were assessed in 192 African-American and Anglo-American grandmothers and grandfathers from Washington, D.C., using the Grandparent Strengths and Needs Inventory. Grandmothers perceived themselves to be significantly more involved in teaching their grandchildren, and significantly more successful in their role than grandfathers. African-Americans perceived themselves to be more involved in teaching their grandchildren than Anglo-Americans, but were also likely to express frustration and the need for information about the grandparenting role, and hence were more interested in taking a grandparent education course. Implications of the findings for grandparent education are discussed.
Accession Number	CPA-970731255 A
Classmark	SW: TA: TKA: TKF: 7T
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