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Adolescents' closeness to paternal grandmothers in the face of parents' divorce

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  • Attar-Schwartz, Shalhevet
  • Fuller-Thomson, Esme

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Parental divorce often includes a disruption in grandchildren's relationships with their paternal grandparents. This study examined the moderating role of family type (i.e., custodial-mother vs. married-parents families) in the relationship between paternal grandmother's involvement, fathers' and mothers' relationships with the paternal grandmother and adolescents' emotional closeness to the grandmother. It was based on the reports of 1050 Israeli-Jewish adolescents (ages 12–18). Adolescents from custodial-mother families reported lower levels of closeness to their paternal grandmothers. After controlling for the relationship quality between the mother and the paternal grandmother, the family type became insignificant. In custodial-mother families, paternal grandmother's involvement was more strongly associated with adolescents' increased emotional closeness to the grandmother. The link between father-paternal grandmother relationship and adolescent's closeness to the grandmother was stronger in intact families. In support of the kin-keeper theory, the mother-paternal grandmother relationship was positively linked with grandchild-grandparent relationship in both family types. Such findings help elucidate variations in grandparent-grandchild ties in an era of increased parental divorce.

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  • Attar-Schwartz, Shalhevet & Fuller-Thomson, Esme, 2017. "Adolescents' closeness to paternal grandmothers in the face of parents' divorce," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 118-126.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:77:y:2017:i:c:p:118-126
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.04.008
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    1. Attar-Schwartz, Shalhevet & Tan, Jo-Pei & Buchanan, Ann, 2009. "Adolescents' perspectives on relationships with grandparents: The contribution of adolescent, grandparent, and parent-grandparent relationship variables," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(9), pages 1057-1066, September.
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    1. Sorek, Yoa, 2020. "Grandparental and overall social support as resilience factors in coping with parental conflict among children of divorce," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    2. Mathilde Duflos & Caroline Giraudeau, 2022. "Using the intergenerational solidarity framework to understand the grandparent–grandchild relationship: a scoping review," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 233-262, June.
    3. Attar-Schwartz, Shalhevet & Huri, Yisca, 2019. "Grandparental support and life satisfaction among adolescents in residential care," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 70-78.

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