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Intergenerational Roles

Intergenerational Roles is a social role construct that specifies the reciprocal duties, expectations, and relational patterns between individuals across distinct generational levels within familial and kinship systems, distinguished by its focus on vertical transmission of norms, care, authority, and inheritance as opposed to peer or horizontal role dynamics.

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2017–2026

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How Americans Enact the Grandparent Role Across the Family Life Course

Merril Silverstein, A. Sánchez Marenco · Journal of Family Issues · 2001 · 283 citations

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Program Effectiveness in Facilitating Intergenerational Influence in Environmental Education: Lessons From the Field

Roy Ballantyne, John Fien, Jan Packer · The Journal of Environmental Education · 2001 · 220 citations

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Responsibilities to Future Generations

Vivian Weil, Ernest Partridge · Technology and Culture · 1982 · 208 citations

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Intergenerational Support Activities and Well-Being among the Elderly: A Convergence of Exchange and Symbolic Interaction Perspectives

Elizabeth J. Mutran, Donald C. Reitzes · American Sociological Review · 1984 · 164 citations

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Twenty-first century grandparents: global perspectives on changing roles and consequences

Ann Buchanan, Anna Rotkirch · Contemporary Social Science · 2018 · 146 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JL
    John Logan

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 167 citations

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  2. BJ
    Bridget Jenkins

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  3. MS
    Merril Silverstein

    University of Southern California, United States

    2 publications · 319 citations

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  4. GS
    Glenna Spitze

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 167 citations

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  5. BE
    Bill E. Peterson

    Smith College, United States

    2 publications · 123 citations

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Institutions

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  1. California Southern University

    Chandler, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    638 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    173 citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    185 citations

  4. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    480 citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  6. Albany State University

    Albany, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    407 citations

  7. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    638 citations

  8. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Greensboro, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    160 citations

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  1. Journal of Family Issues

    3 publications · 341 citations

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  2. Journal of Gerontology

    2 publications · 208 citations

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  3. Research on Aging

    ROA · 2 publications · 136 citations

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  4. Marriage & Family Review

    2 publications · 200 citations

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  5. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    2 publications · 135 citations

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