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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Experiencing Grandparenthood
    sub title: An Asian Perspective
  name:
    name part: Mehta, Kalyani K.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Thang, Leng Leng.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIV, 166 p. online resource.
  abstract: As the population of Asia grows older, attention turns to the growing numbers of grandparents, and the important family and societal roles they play. This book traces the socio-cultural, economic and family transformations in the role of grandparents that result from a century of modernization, urbanization and demographic aging. Filling a gap in the current literature, Experiencing Grandparenthood: An Asian Perspective seeks to answer such vital questions as: What is the state of grandparenting in the Asian context today? How do the roles and functions of grandparents differ depending on rural-urban differences, their relations with daughters and daughters-in-law, and changing health of the grandparents? This multidisciplinary, cross-national and inter-generational publication lends voice to the experience of grandparents in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The volume’s strength lies in its rich body of qualitative, three-generational data drawn from grandparents, link parents and grandchildren. Experiencing Grandparenthood: An Asian Perspective will benefit gerontologists, social researchers, anthropologists, social workers, policy makers, professionals working with aging families and family caregivers.
  table of contents: Contributors -- Preface.- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Grandparenthood in Asia -- Kalyani K. Mehta and Leng Leng Thang -- 2. Changing Social and Demographic Characteristics in Asia -- Tsuneo Usui and Mari Tsuruwaka.-3. Grandparenting Roles and Functions.-Vivian W.Q. Lou and Iris Chi -- 4. Meanings of Being a Grandparent -- Leng Leng Thang -- 5. Stress and Conflict Management Strategies in Grandparenthood -- Kalyani K. Mehta.-6. The Socio-Psychological Well-Being of Grandparents.-Perasit Kamnuansilpa and Leng Leng Thang -- 7. Custodial Grandparents and Intergenerational Support in Rural China.-Zhen Cong and Merril Silverstein -- 8. Empowering Self-Disclouse: Life Accounts of Malaysian and Singaporean grandparents -- Maya K. David and Ching Hei Kuang -- 9. Conclusion: Change and Continuity of Grandparenting in Contemporary Asia -- Leng Leng Thang and Kalyani K. Mehta -- Index.
  note: edited by Kalyani K. Mehta, Leng Leng Thang.
  subject:
    topic: Social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Medical research
  subject:
    topic: Social work
  subject:
    topic: Quality of life
  subject:
    topic: Social Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Quality of Life Research
  subject:
    topic: Social Work
  classification: HN25
  classification: 306
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Social Indicators Research Series, 47
  identifier: 9789400723030
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2303-0
  record info:
    record creation date: 111003
    record change date: 20151030051221.0
    record identifier: 978-94-007-2303-0