Grandparents in Cultural Context

Shwalb, David W.; Hossain, Ziarat

doi:10.4324/9781315642284

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“…This article describes exploratory interviews with 20 grandfathers and 20 fathers in Ukraine, which confirmed previous international findings (Shwalb & Hossain, 2018;Shwalb, Shwalb, & Lamb, 2013) about contextual influences on grandfathers and fathers. Several of the interviewees asked, "Why aren't you studying grandmothers or mothers?"…”

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confidence: 81%

“…With the exceptions of Shwalb and Hossain (2018), and Buchanan and Rotkirch (2016), most publications on grandparenthood have said little specifically about grandfathers. Smith's (1991) The Psychology of Grandparenthood: An International Perspective was the first book on grandparents to take a specific international perspective, but it only reported on societies in Europe and North America.…”

Section: Grandfathers Across Cultures: the International Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most recently, Shwalb and Hossain (2018) drew six overall conclusions about international social science research on grandparents. First, they observed that international diversity in the meaning and roles of grandparents is the product of several contextual variables: historical background, urban vs. rural location, work policies and conditions, ethnicity, family characteristics, and migration patterns.…”

Section: Grandfathers Across Cultures: the International Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, they concluded that contextual influences on grandparental roles are in transition everywhere, but the directions and types of changes vary widely by culture. With regard to grandfathers, chapter contributors from all 11 regions and countries represented in Shwalb and Hossain (2018) noted a severe lack of empirical data on grandfathers, and only two chapters (about grandparents in the U.K. and Germany) referred to the phenomenon of actively involved 'new grandfathers.' Several demographic trends in family life have become notable across many societies: longer lifespans, declining fertility rates, later first marriages, higher divorce rates, and dualincome families (Buchanan & Rotkirch, 2017, Shwalb & Hossain, 2018.…”

Section: Grandfathers Across Cultures: the International Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…With regard to grandfathers, chapter contributors from all 11 regions and countries represented in Shwalb and Hossain (2018) noted a severe lack of empirical data on grandfathers, and only two chapters (about grandparents in the U.K. and Germany) referred to the phenomenon of actively involved 'new grandfathers.' Several demographic trends in family life have become notable across many societies: longer lifespans, declining fertility rates, later first marriages, higher divorce rates, and dualincome families (Buchanan & Rotkirch, 2017, Shwalb & Hossain, 2018. These trends have implications for today's grandfathers who, compared to their predecessors in many societies: (1) live longer, are healthier, and have more years of formal education, (2) have fewer grandchildren but maintain relations over their elongated adult years; and (3) support the families of their increasingly busy children.…”

Section: Grandfathers Across Cultures: the International Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Grandfathers and Fathers in Ukraine and Across Cultures

Shwalb¹,

Vasylenko²

2019

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

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This article begins with a review of international research on how cultures and contexts influence the roles of grandfathers and fathers (for book-length reviews, see Shwalb & Hossain, 2018; Shwalb, Shwalb, & Lamb, 2013). Subsequently, this article describes the historical and contemporary background of Ukrainian society, provides a review of the extremely limited existing literature on families in Ukraine, and describes the results of exploratory open-ended interviews with 20 fathers and 20 grandfathers in Lviv City and three nearby villages in western Ukraine. The main finding of the interviews was a confirmation of several contextual influences on grandfathers and fathers, each of which has often been previously cited in the international literature. There were also notable differences between the interview responses of fathers and grandfathers, as well as between subjects in urban vs. rural locations. The interview data serve as a compelling, albeit exploratory, case example of contextual influences on intergenerational relations, and the relationship between psychology and culture.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Section: Grandfathers Across Cultures: the International Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Grandfathers Across Cultures: the International Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Grandfathers Across Cultures: the International Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Grandfathers Across Cultures: the International Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Grandfathers and Fathers in Ukraine and Across Cultures

Shwalb¹,

Vasylenko²

2019

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

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“We Keep the Traditions Going”: Intergenerational Transmission of Cultural Identities Among Asian Indian Multigenerational Households

Subramaniam

Carolan

2021

Advances in Immigrant Family Research

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Because of the children only. My children and grandchildren are here, why would I want to return?" Throughout much of the history of the United States (U.S.), immigration has always been a source of population growth and cultural change. The recent changing demographics of the U.S. reflects the increasing number of older immigrants moving to the U.S., to reunite with their children as a result of the opportunities afforded by the Family Reunification Act of 1990(Wilmoth, 2010. This act offered many naturalized and legal immigrants the opportunity to encourage their parents to relocate to the U.S.Extended family living among immigrants tends to be higher compared with the U.S. born population. However, this varies based on country of origin and length of residence in the U.S. (Glick & Hook, 2002). There has been a steady increase in multigenerational families in the U.S. over the past decade. According to Pew Research Center, the analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data in 2016 revealed that the number of multigenerational households increased to 20% of the total U.S. population (Cohn & Passel, 2018). Specifically, about 29% of Asians lived in multigenerational households, compared to about 27% of Hispanics, 26% of Blacks, and 16% of Whites. These families typically consist of three or more generations co-residing, including grandparents and grandchildren younger than 25 years of age (Wilmoth, 2001). As Dykstra (2010) observed, "The new demographic circumstances in which family members of multiple generations share several decades together compel us to recognize that individuals are embedded in a complex web of vertical and horizontal ties" (p.1).

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