Experiencing Grandparenthood

Author : Kalyani K. Mehta,Leng Leng Thang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9400723032

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Experiencing Grandparenthood by Kalyani K. Mehta,Leng Leng Thang Pdf

Within the context of an ageing Asia, the growing numbers of grandparents and the important roles they play within the family propel the need for a book devoted to their experiences. This book, with its focus on the Asian perspective, is pertinent and timely as Asia has undergone socio-cultural, economic and family transformations as a result of modernization, urbanization and demographic aging in the last century. In filling a gap in the current literature, the volume seeks to answer the following questions, what is the state of grandparenting in the Asian context today? How do the roles and functions of grandparents differ depending on rural-urban differences, their relations with daughters and daughter-in-laws, and changing health of the grandparents? The book is a multidisciplinary, cross-national and inter-generational publication, lending voice to the aging grandparents in six countries i.e. China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The volume’s strength lies precisely in its rich body of qualitative, three-generational data, including grandparents, link parents and grandchildren. Gerontologists, social researchers, anthropologists, social workers, policy makers, professionals working with aging families and family caregivers form the target audience of this rich Asian volume.

Author : Norbert F. Schneider,Michaela Kreyenfeld
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781788975544

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Research Handbook on the Sociology of the Family by Norbert F. Schneider,Michaela Kreyenfeld Pdf

Exploring how family life has radically changed in recent decades, this comprehensive Research Handbook tracks the latest developments and trends in scholarly work on the family. With a particular focus on the European context, it addresses current debates and offers insights into key topics including: the division of housework, family forms and living arrangements, intergenerational relationships, partner choice, divorce and fertility behaviour.

Author : Stella R. Quah
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134712830

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Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia by Stella R. Quah Pdf

Research on the family has expanded considerably across Asia but studies tend to be fragmented, focusing on narrow issues within limited areas (cities, towns, small communities) and may not be accessible to international readers. These limitations make it difficult for researchers, students, policy makers, and practitioners to obtain the information they need. The Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia fills that gap by providing a current and comprehensive analysis of Asian families by a wide range of experts in a single publication. The thirty-two chapters of this comparative and multi-disciplinary volume are organized into nine major themes: conceptual approaches, methodological issues, family life in the context of culture, family relationships across the family life cycle, issues of work and income, stress and conflict, family diversity, family policy and laws, and environmental setting of homes. Each chapter examines family life across Asian countries, studying cultural similarities and differences and exploring how families are changing and what trends are likely to develop in the future. To provide a fruitful learning experience for the reader, each chapter offers examples, relevant data, and a comprehensive list of references. Offering a complete interdisciplinary overview of families in Asia, the Handbook will be of interest to students, academics, policy makers and practitioners across the disciplines of Asian Studies, Sociology, Demography, Social Work, Law, Social Policy, Anthropology, Geography, Public Health and Architecture.

Author : Ruth Karola Westheimer,Steven Kaplan
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Abuelos
ISBN : 0415927412

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Grandparenthood by Ruth Karola Westheimer,Steven Kaplan Pdf

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Ann Buchanan,Anna Rotkirch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137563385

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Grandfathers by Ann Buchanan,Anna Rotkirch Pdf

This is the first book to bring together international scholars from around the world and from a wide variety of disciplines, to discover what is known about grandfathers and analyse the impact of close involvement with their grandchildren. Within the context of increased divorce rates, single parent families and healthier, more active elders, grandfathers have come out of the shadows and re-invented themselves in a new caring, nurturing role. These original studies demonstrate that grandfather involvement is independently and positively associated with higher levels of child well-being in the UK and South Africa, as well as in Arab and Israeli teenagers, and pre-school children in England. The chapters conclude that societies could benefit from encouraging more grandfathers to become actively involved in their grandchildren’s lives and argues the case for grandparent visitation rights in those countries that currently do not have them.

Author : John C. Cavanaugh,Christine K. Cavanaugh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313350948

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Aging in America by John C. Cavanaugh,Christine K. Cavanaugh Pdf

This three-volume set provides insightful and understandable summaries of the state-of-the-art studies of aging—the most important social demographic issue facing America today. Aging in America will help us plan for the future and meet the needs of what has already become an 11-fold increase in the number of U.S. residents 65 or older. Organized around three broad themes related to aging—psychological issues, mental and physical health, and social issues—with a volume devoted to each, this unique set rallies respected scholars from across disciplines to discuss a phenomenon that will profoundly affect each of us individually and our society as a whole. The volumes cover a wide range of topics, including neuroscience, memory, end-of-life choices, health, care-giving, medication adherence, the benefits of exercise, personal relationships, elder abuse, and other vital issues. The gains of longevity are explored, as are the agonies of loss as we age. As a society, we need to assure that older adults not only survive but thrive. This set helps point the way.

Author : Moshe Sonnheim
Publisher : Devora Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Grandparents
ISBN : 1932687122

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Welcome to the Club by Moshe Sonnheim Pdf

"If you are a grandparent, or will soon be one, this book will become both a guide and a tool to understanding your role and implementing your grandparenthood.

Author : Marc H. Bornstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429781322

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Handbook of Parenting by Marc H. Bornstein Pdf

This highly anticipated third edition of the Handbook of Parenting brings together an array of field-leading experts who have worked in different ways toward understanding the many diverse aspects of parenting. Contributors to the Handbook look to the most recent research and thinking to shed light on topics every parent, professional, and policymaker wonders about. Parenting is a perennially "hot" topic. After all, everyone who has ever lived has been parented, and the vast majority of people become parents themselves. No wonder bookstores house shelves of "how-to" parenting books, and magazine racks in pharmacies and airports overflow with periodicals that feature parenting advice. However, almost none of these is evidence-based. The Handbook of Parenting is. Period. Each chapter has been written to be read and absorbed in a single sitting, and includes historical considerations of the topic, a discussion of central issues and theory, a review of classical and modern research, and forecasts of future directions of theory and research. Together, the five volumes in the Handbook cover Children and Parenting, the Biology and Ecology of Parenting, Being and Becoming a Parent, Social Conditions and Applied Parenting, and the Practice of Parenting. Volume 3, Being and Becoming a Parent, considers a large cast of characters responsible for parenting, each with her or his own customs and agenda, and examines what the psychological characteristics and social interests of those individuals reveal about what parenting is. Chapters in Part I, on The Parent, show just how rich and multifaceted is the constellation of children’s caregivers. Considered first are family systems and then successively mothers and fathers, coparenting and gatekeeping between parents, adolescent parenting, grandparenting, and single parenthood, divorced and remarried parenting, lesbian and gay parents and, finally, sibling caregivers and nonparental caregiving. Parenting also draws on transient and enduring physical, personality, and intellectual characteristics of the individual. The chapters in Part II, on Becoming and Being a Parent, consider the intergenerational transmission of parenting, parenting and contemporary reproductive technologies, the transition to parenthood, and stages of parental development, and then chapters turn to parents' well-being, emotions, self-efficacy, cognitions, and attributions as well as socialization, personality in parenting, and psychoanalytic theory. These features of parents serve many functions: they generate and shape parental practices, mediate the effectiveness of parenting, and help to organize parenting.

Author : Kimberly Brackett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781573569538

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Battleground: The Family [2 volumes] by Kimberly Brackett Pdf

Everyone is part of a family, but what constitutes a family is one of the most hotly debated issues in the United States today. Battleground: The Family provides extensive coverage of those critical issues in U. S. culture concerning current and future family life, such as dating, marriage, parenting, work and family, abuse, and divorce. The scholarly contributors to this set provide unbiased coverage on these often incendiary topics, allowing students to assess the role of these controversies in their own lives. Entries thoroughly introduce the topic of concern, describe the problem as it currently exists, provide context for the controversies surrounding it, synthesize the current knowledge on the topic, and guide the reader to additional areas for consideration. Battleground: The Family serves as a starting point for those advanced high school and beginning undergraduate students who wish to pursue a more detailed study of family controversies and cultural concerns for classroom assignments. Non-specialist readers will also find this a useful resource in critically assessing current trends and conflicts in constituent groups' conceptions of family.

Author : David W. Shwalb,Ziarat Hossain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781317282549

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Grandparents in Cultural Context by David W. Shwalb,Ziarat Hossain Pdf

Grandparents in Cultural Context gives a long overdue global view of the changing roles of grandparents. The eleven main chapters are by experts in the Americas, Europe and Russia, Asia, and Africa and the Middle East, and the editors integrate their chapters with previous writings on grandparenthood. Rather than technical or statistical research reports, each chapter provides a thought-provoking and comprehensive review of research, real-life case stories, cultural influences, and applied implications for grandparenthood across and within societies. Calling special attention to the roles of grandfathers and grandparenthood in societies previously un-represented in the literature, it provides several hundred new citations of work previously unavailable in English-language publications. Accessible to both scholars and students, it has several pedagogical features (e.g. web links, discussion questions) that make it useful as a text for upper-division undergraduate or graduate level classes in behavioral, social, and family sciences. It is relevant to psychology, gerontology, family studies, anthropology, family/comparative sociology, education, social work, gender studies, ethnic studies, psychiatry, and diversity and international studies programs. Practitioners, service providers, policymakers, and internationally minded grandparents will also enjoy this book.

Author : Liora Findler,Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari
Publisher : Springer
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319455174

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Grandparents of Children with Disabilities by Liora Findler,Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari Pdf

This briefs offers a comprehensive view of the journey of grandparents of children with disabilities by employing a wide range of theoretical approaches such as intergenerational relationships, positive psychology, psychoanalytic views and models of stress. It presents a multidimensional view of grandparents, which begins with the general role of grandparents in the family and the transition to grandparenthood, as a major life event. The briefs moves on to discuss grandparents’ roles under unique circumstances such as illness or disability in the family and then deals with perspectives of parents of children with disabilities on the role of grandparents. Finally, it reviews attitudes of professionals toward grandparents and concludes with suggested intervention strategies for working with families on intergenerational relationships.

Author : Varda Muhlbauer,Joan C. Chrisler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780387463414

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Women over 50 by Varda Muhlbauer,Joan C. Chrisler Pdf

This book analyzes the challenges, benefits, coping strategies, problems, and accomplishments associated with the midlife experience of women. Ten chapters present the state of research (and correct longstanding myths) regarding significant aspects of middle-aged women's lives. The book bridges a major knowledge gap in the feminist-psychology literature. It balances optimism and realism about older women’s lives – and younger women’s futures.

Author : Paula Madelyn Gorlitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35558002838627

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The Intrapsychic Experiences Accompanying the Transition Into Grandparenthood by Paula Madelyn Gorlitz Pdf

Author : Antti O. Tanskanen,Mirkka Danielsbacka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351608169

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Intergenerational Family Relations by Antti O. Tanskanen,Mirkka Danielsbacka Pdf

This book offers a synthesis of social science and evolutionary approaches to the study of intergenerational relations, using biological, psychological and sociological factors to develop a single framework for understanding why kin help one another across generations. With attention to both biological family relations as well as in-law and step-relations, it provides an overview of existing studies centred on intergenerational relations – particularly grandparenting – that incorporate social science and evolutionary family theories. This evolutionary social science approach to intergenerational family relations goes well beyond the traditional nature versus nurture distinction. As such, it will appeal to scholars across a range of disciplines with interests in relations of kinship, the lifecourse and the sociology of the family.

Author : Chris Segrin,Jeanne Flora
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 883 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351132572

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Family Communication by Chris Segrin,Jeanne Flora Pdf

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting contemporary cutting-edge research, it also includes extensive presentation and application of classic theories and findings in family science that have informed current day understandings of essential family processes. With over 2,500 references, 800 of which are new to this edition, Family Communication represents a current and comprehensive presentation of principled research conducted throughout the world for both students and teachers of family communication. Professionals who work with families and seek an evidence-based understanding of functional and dysfunctional family processes will also find this text useful. The third edition provides instructors and students with a rich set of resources including: Chapter Specific Resource Guides (chapter outlines, guiding questions, multiple choice, essay, and discussion questions, as well as numerous media resources and links) Chapter Specific PowerPoint Slides Sample Syllabus This edition addresses long-standing questions (e.g., how to maintain a marriage, how to build resiliency in remarriages and stepfamilies) and prioritizes research on a variety of family relationships beyond the couple and parent–child relationship, while also exploring new research on romantic relationship pathways, same-sex marriage and divorce, parenting trends, as well as military families, adoptive families, and families with a transgender member. It also examines the complex relationship between family communication and mental health as well as powerful and potentially surprising findings on the connections between family interaction and physical health.