Handbook on grandparenthood / edited by Maximiliane E. Szinovacz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Szinovácz, Maximiliane.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grandparents--Social conditions.

Grandparents.

Grandparenting.

Grandparent and child.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

viii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.

Summary:

A critical review of the literature on grandparenting based on original contributions from leading scholars in the field.

Contents:

1. Grandparent Research: Past, Present, and Future / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz 1

I. Variations in Grandparenting Experiences

2. Grandparenthood Over Time: Historical and Demographic Trends / Peter Uhlenberg, James B. Kirby 23

3. Grandparenthood in Cross-Cultural Perspective / Charlotte Ikels 40

4. Grandparenting in Family Systems: An Ecological Perspective / Valarie King, Stephen T. Russell, Glen H. Elder, Jr. 53

5. Grandparenthood in African American Families / Andrea G. Hunter, Robert J. Taylor 70

6. Grandparenthood among Hispanics / Norma Williams, Diana J. Torrez 87

7. Asian Grandparents / Yoshinori Kamo 97

8. Gender Variations / Glenna Spitze, Russell A. Ward 113

II. Grandparenting

Dynamics and Contingencies

9. Transitions in Grandparents' Lives: Effects on the Grandparent Role / Vira R. Kivett 131

10. Intergenerational Solidarity and the Grandparent Role / Merril Silverstein, Roseann Giarrusso, Vern L. Bengtson 144

11. Grandparents' Influences on Grandchildren / Angela M. Tomlin 159

12. Grandparents and Older Grandchildren / Lynne Gershenson Hodgson 171

13. Effects of Adult Children's Divorce on Grandparenthood / Colleen L. Johnson 184

14. Grandparents as Caregivers / Barbara A. Hirshorn 200

III. Interventions in Grandparenting

15. Clinical Interventions in Intergenerational Relations / Richard B. Miller, Jonathan G. Sandberg 217

16. Public Policy and Grandparents: Contrasting Perspectives / Joan Aldous 230

17. Programs for Grandparents / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz, Angela Roberts 247

18. Research on Grandparenting: Needed Refinements in Concepts, Theories, and Methods / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-336) and indexes.

ISBN:

0313298866

OCLC:

37693840