Grandparenthood
Emerging Perspectives on Traditional Roles
1st Edition
Published on 14. October 1985
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-8039-2484-0 (ISBN)
Description
Multiple perspectives on both traditional and emerging aspects of grandparenthood are brought together in this volume. These perspectives are drawn from a variety of disciplines and professions in order to encourage communication and interaction between scholars, researchers, and practitioners within a community. Grandparenthood provides these professionals with an insight into intergenerational needs, and has significant implications for any new community programmes working to improve the well-being of families.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-2484-0 (9780803924840)
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Vern Bengtson is the AARP/University Chair in Gerontology and Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California. He has published 15 books and over 220 articles in gerontology, the sociology of the life course, family sociology, social psychology, and ethnicity and aging. He was elected President of the Gerontological Society of America and has been granted a MERIT award from the National Institute on Aging for his 35-year Longitudinal Study of Generations. Bengtson's honors include (twice) the Reuben Hill Award from the National Council of Family Relations (1980 and 1986); the Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association's section on aging (1995); the Robert W. Kleemeier Award from the Gerontological Society of America (1996); and the Ernest W. Burgess Award from the National Council on Family Relations (1998). In addition he has received several awards for teaching, which has provided his greatest satisfaction throughout his career.
Content
Diversity and Symbolism in Grandparental Roles - Vern L Bengtson
PART ONE: GRANDPARENTS, DIVERSITY, AND SOCIALIZATION
Continuity and Connectedness - Gunhild O Hagestad
Styles of Grandparenting Among White Ethnics - William C McCready
Black Grandmothers - Linda M Burton and Vern L Bengtson
Issues of Timing and Continuity of Roles
PART TWO: CHANGING STUCTURES, EXPECTATIONS, AND FUNCTIONS
Grandparenting Options in Divorcing Families - Coleen L Johnson
An Anthropological Perspective
Styles and Strategies of Grandparenting - Andrew Cherlin and Frank R Furstenberg
Parent-Adult Child Relations as Affected by the Grandparent Status - Joan Aldous
PART THREE: GRANDPARENTHOOD, PERSONHOOD, AND THE LIFE COURSE
The Contingencies of Grandparenting - Lillian E Troll
Grandparenthood and Mental Health - Helen Q Kivnick
Meaning, Behavior, and Satisfaction
Grandparenthood and the `New Social Contract' - Arthur Kornhaber
Deculturation and the American Grandparent - David L Gutmann
PART FOUR: GRANDPARENTS, RELIGION, AND THE CONTEXT OF VALUES
Judaic Perspectives on Grandparenthood - Harlan J Wechsler
Christian Perspective on the Role of Grandparents - Donald B Conroy and Charles J Fahey
PART FIVE: TURNING KNOWLEDGE INTO POLICY AND PROGRAMS
Grandparenthood - Joan R Robertson, Carol H Tice, and Leonard L Loeb
From Knowledge to Programs and Policy
PART ONE: GRANDPARENTS, DIVERSITY, AND SOCIALIZATION
Continuity and Connectedness - Gunhild O Hagestad
Styles of Grandparenting Among White Ethnics - William C McCready
Black Grandmothers - Linda M Burton and Vern L Bengtson
Issues of Timing and Continuity of Roles
PART TWO: CHANGING STUCTURES, EXPECTATIONS, AND FUNCTIONS
Grandparenting Options in Divorcing Families - Coleen L Johnson
An Anthropological Perspective
Styles and Strategies of Grandparenting - Andrew Cherlin and Frank R Furstenberg
Parent-Adult Child Relations as Affected by the Grandparent Status - Joan Aldous
PART THREE: GRANDPARENTHOOD, PERSONHOOD, AND THE LIFE COURSE
The Contingencies of Grandparenting - Lillian E Troll
Grandparenthood and Mental Health - Helen Q Kivnick
Meaning, Behavior, and Satisfaction
Grandparenthood and the `New Social Contract' - Arthur Kornhaber
Deculturation and the American Grandparent - David L Gutmann
PART FOUR: GRANDPARENTS, RELIGION, AND THE CONTEXT OF VALUES
Judaic Perspectives on Grandparenthood - Harlan J Wechsler
Christian Perspective on the Role of Grandparents - Donald B Conroy and Charles J Fahey
PART FIVE: TURNING KNOWLEDGE INTO POLICY AND PROGRAMS
Grandparenthood - Joan R Robertson, Carol H Tice, and Leonard L Loeb
From Knowledge to Programs and Policy