Several theoretical perspectives have generated research on grandparental investment, notably socialization and evolutionary psychological perspectives. Using data collected from more than 200 older adults (mean age 67 years), we test three hypotheses derived from socialization and evolutionary perspectives about grandparents' relationships with and investment in grandchildren. Results indicate...

Both grandparenting and food provisioning practices play an important role in contemporary family life, but the of grandparent–grandchild wider relationships is underresearched. Popular academic discourse often focuses on grandparents as indulgent feeders with negative implications for children’s weight eating practices. Drawing concept identity bundles interviews Danish New Zealand grandchildr...

We have documented mortality and cancer incidence in the families of 67 patients with ataxia-telangiectasia and 48 patients with xeroderma pigmentosum resident in Britain. For both diseases, parents of patients are obligate hétérozygotes and grandparents have a probability of heterozygosity of 0.5. Fourteen ataxia-telangiectasia patients had died by June 30, 1986. This was a significant exces...

Grounded in communication accommodation theory, this research examined Taiwanese grandchildren’s (N = 100) and grandparents’ (N = 108) perceptions of communication behavior in grandparent–grandchild (GP–GC) interactions. This study investigated noncommunicative and communicative predictors of communication satisfaction, liking, and emotional closeness in the relationship. Regression analyses sh...

Frequency: Mfdl8: Estimated from 116 chromosomes of unrelated CEPH family grandparents (Caucasians). PIC = 0.69. Allele (bp) Frequency Allele (bp) Frequency 84 0.01 76 0.22 82 0.36 74 0.22 80 0.19 Mfd39: Estimated from 96 chromosomes of unrelated CEPH family grandparents (Caucasians). PIC = 0.65. Allele (bp) Frequency Allele (bp) Frequency 157 0.02 149 0.14 155 0.18 147 0.04 153 0.06 145 0.05 1...

This article investigates the relationship between grandparents and lesbian daughters in the context of childbirth, looking specifically at the role that pregnancy plays in shaping kinship affinities. Gender, sex, and heterosexuality are fundamental to Euro-American kinship discourse and practice; lesbian couples' parenthood through donor conception represents a significant departure from preva...

Dedication In memory of my dear grandparents.