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Marital Disruptions and Grandparent Relationships


  Author: Brenda A. Gravenish, Elizabeth Thomson
Publisher: Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publication: A National Survey of Families and Households
Document Date:                  1996
Category: Family Relations > Grandparents with Grandchildren
Related Categories:
Divorce and Remarriage > Impact of Divorce on Children
Family Relations > Family Ties
Family Relations > Parent/Adult Child Relations
 

This paper looks at the impact of parental divorce or separation on the relationship between children and their grandparents. Findings showed that, overall, children's closeness with their grandparents was not affected by divorce.  In this particular study though, granddaughters contact with paternal grandparents was negatively affected.

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