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Kinship Maintenance

Kinship Maintenance is a theoretical construct within the study of extended family systems that encompasses the deliberate social practices and relational strategies employed to sustain, reinforce, and perpetuate kinship ties across generations and geographical distances.

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2017–2026

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The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups.

Gordon D. Gibson, Jack Goody · American Sociological Review · 1958 · 504 citations

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Kinship and continuity: Pakistani families in Britain

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 281 citations

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Helpful grandmothers in rural Ethiopia: A study of the effect of kin on child survival and growth

Mhairi A. Gibson, Ruth Mace · Evolution and Human Behavior · 2005 · 219 citations

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Managing Kinship over Long Distances: The Significance of ‘The Visit’

Jennifer Mason · Social Policy and Society · 2004 · 176 citations

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Kinship Care: The African American Response to Family Preservation

Maria Scannapieco, Sondra M. Jackson · Social Work · 1996 · 131 citations

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Authors

119

  1. RM
    Ruth Mace

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 290 citations

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  2. BR
    Berenice Rushovich

    University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  3. PS
    Pearl Stewart

    Montclair State University, United States

    1 publications · 82 citations

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  4. KK
    Kurt Kotrschal

    Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Austria

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. LB
    Loretta Baldassar

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    1 publications · 129 citations

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Institutions

66

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    348 citations

  2. École des hautes études en sciences sociales

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    651 citations

  4. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  5. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    77 citations

  6. Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. United States Military Academy

    West Point, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  8. Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen College

    Wakkanai, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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  1. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    4 publications · 151 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 340 citations

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  3. Africa

    3 publications · 83 citations

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  4. Journal of Family Social Work

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  5. Journal of Anthropological Research

    2 publications · 41 citations

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