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The meaning of grandparenthood — do adolescent grandchildren perceive the relationship and role in the same way as their grandparents do?
Author(s)	Carme Triado, Feliciano Villar, Carme Solé
Journal title	Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 3, no 2, 2005
Pages	pp 101-124
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Grandparents ; Social roles ; Grandchildren ; Adolescents ; Attitude ; Family relationships ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	This work aims at studying the meaning of the grandparent role both from the grandparent's and the grandchild's point of view, and in assessing the effects of gender and age in this meaning. To do so, data were collected from a sample of 154 grandparent-grandchild dyads, who filled in the questionnaire with the same items adapted to their respective perspectives. The answers were submitted to a principle component analysis. Results seem to point to the perception of the grandparent role being similar from both points of view. In general, the results suggest the grandparents and grandchildren get on well together and enjoy their relationship, but the degree of mutual understanding and intimacy is not very high. Some implications of this study with regard to future research are described. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-061018205 A
Classmark	SW: TM5: SW5: SC: DP: DS:SJ: 3F: 7T
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