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Emotional Closeness between Grandparents and Grandchildren in Rural China: The Mediating Role of the Middle Generation

Ling XuSchool of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD,
Merril SilversteinMaxwell School of Public Policy and Citizenship, Department of Sociology, and Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamic, School of Social Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
, PhD &
Iris ChiSchool of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Pages 226-240 | Published online: 15 Aug 2014

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Cong Zhang, Sungwon Kim, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Vanessa L. Fong, Xinyin Chen, Niobe Way & Zuhong Lu. (2023) Lineage difference in grandmothers’ childcare help and mothers’ parenting stress in urban China. Journal of Family Studies 29:5, pages 2025-2045.
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Ling Xu & Iris Chi. (2020) Change patterns of instrumental support from adult children and grandchildren among rural Chinese grandparents. Journal of Family Studies 26:4, pages 580-593.
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Merril Silverstein & Ying Xu. (2022) Older Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in Rural China: Cohort Change in Resources and Deficits Across 17 Years. Public Policy & Aging Report 32:3, pages 112-117.
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JooReun Kim & Hana Song. (2021) The Influence of Grandmothers’ Attitude Towards Children’s Emotion Expression on Mothers’ Attitude Towards Children’s Emotion Expression, Children’s Emotion Regulation, and Social Competence. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 34:2, pages 45-60.
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Wen‐Jui Han, Timothy Whetung & Xupeng Mao. (2019) One Roof, Three Generations: Grandparental Co‐residence and Child Outcomes in China. Family Process 59:3, pages 1144-1160.
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Rachel Murphy. 2020. The Children of China's Great Migration. The Children of China's Great Migration.
Yuanyuan Xiao, Ying Chen, Wei Chang, Yiqi Pu, Xue Chen, Jieyun Guo, Yuting Li & Fang Yin. (2020) Perceived social support and suicide ideation in Chinese rural left-behind children: A possible mediating role of depression. Journal of Affective Disorders 261, pages 198-203.
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Jo Appleby. (2019) 4. Grandparents in the Bronze Age?. AmS-Skrifter:26, pages 49-60.
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Sinem Burcu UĞUR. (2019) Çocuk Bakımında Büyükannelik ve Büyükbabalık: Toplumsal Cinsiyet Tartışmaları Bağlamında Nitel Bir Araştırma. Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Uygulamalı Bilimler Dergisi 3:1, pages 122-154.
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Quinten S. Bernhold & Howard Giles. (2017) Paternal grandmothers benefit the most from expressing affection to grandchildren: An extension of evolutionary and sociological research. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 36:2, pages 514-534.
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Ling Xu & Iris Chi. (2016) Determinants of Support Exchange Between Grandparents and Grandchildren in Rural China: The Roles of Grandparent Caregiving, Patrilineal Heritage, and Emotional Bonds. Journal of Family Issues 39:3, pages 579-601.
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Ling Xu, Iris Chi & Shiyou Wu. (2018) Grandparent–Grandchild Relationships in Chinese Immigrant Families in Los Angeles: Roles of Acculturation and the Middle Generation. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 4, pages 233372141877819.
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Merril Silverstein & Ling Xu. (2016) Grandchildren as Support and Care Providers to Disabled Older Adults in China. Population Horizons 13:2.
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