"We're Just that Sort of Family": Intergenerational Relationships in Families Including Children with Disabilities.

Mirfin-Veitch, Brigit; Bray, Anne; Watson, Marilyn

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ERIC Number: EJ560595

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Publication Date: 1997

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"We're Just that Sort of Family": Intergenerational Relationships in Families Including Children with Disabilities.

Mirfin-Veitch, Brigit; Bray, Anne; Watson, Marilyn

Family Relations, v46 n3 p305-11 Jul 1997

Explores factors and characteristics related to the extent to which support is a component of parent-grandparent relationships in families of children with disabilities. Results, based on in-depth interviews of 12 parent-grandparent pairs, revealed that the presence and/or type of disability were unrelated to availability of grandparent support. (RJM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Disabilities, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics, Grandparents, Parent Child Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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