Understanding the Grandfather Role in Families

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Title
Understanding the Grandfather Role in Families
Author
Bethany K Jensen
Gillian Quaal
Margaret M. Manoogian
Faculty Sponsor
Margaret M. Manoogian
Abstract
As adults continue to live longer and express satisfaction with grandparenting, an evaluation of the roles of grandfathers is warranted. Past research has focused on grandmothers, with little research explicitly investigating the experiences of grandfathers in families. This review assesses sociohistorical trends, demographic influences, gendered patterns, and changes that occur in grandfather-grandchild relationships throughout the lifecourse. We describe the roles grandfathers maintain in their grandchildren’s negotiation of psychosocial and ecological life course tasks, the change and stability they experience relative to sociohistorical trends, and how grandfathers reconfirm masculine norms through generativity and provision of instrumental support. Findings indicate that future research investigating how grandfathers and grandchildren define and value their roles from a dyadic perspective is warranted. Implications include increasing awareness surrounding the significance of the grandfather role across generations.
Subject
Social and Behavioral Sciences
grandfathers
grandchildren
grandparenthood
intergenerational relationships
gender
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Type
Text
volume
7
Date Published
11/26/2018
Note
Margaret M. Manoogian
Alternative Title
Understanding the Grandfather Role in Families
Identifier
pure/vol7/iss1/4
Language
eng