Given the crucial role that grandparents play in upbringing and well-being of their grandchildren, research regarding perceived importance for emerging adult grandchildren is particular relevance. This study examined relations between grandparents’ roles family life satisfaction Portuguese adults. Participants (N = 387), aged 18–25, completed a structured self-report questionnaire. Findings str...

In recent years, statutes granting grandparents legal standing to petition for legally enforcable visitation with their grandchildren--even over parental objections--have been passed in all 50 states. This psycholegal review critically examines the origins of and justifications for this important change in family law, some of the psychological assumptions underlying this policy (e.g., the role ...

Background: The relationship between becoming a smoker and having smoker parents, siblings, and relatives is still uncovered in India. The influences of a smoking role model in a family on smoking habits of individuals are yet to be revealed. This study aimed to understand the relationship of smoking abuse of a person with smoking of their family members. Methods: This community-based cross-sec...

BACKGROUND Population-based BRCA1/BRCA2 testing has been found to be cost-effective compared with family history-based testing in Ashkenazi-Jewish women were >30 years old with 4 Ashkenazi-Jewish grandparents. However, individuals may have 1, 2, or 3 Ashkenazi-Jewish grandparents, and cost-effectiveness data are lacking at these lower BRCA prevalence estimates. We present an updated cost-effect...

Grandparents constitute an important source of childcare to many parents. Focusing on the Belgian context, this paper improves our understanding decision-making by investigating how formal availability and grandparents affect arrangements. By means multinomial regression models we simultaneously model uptake informal Combining linked microdata from censuses with contextual data at level municip...