Meanings of grandparents of Brazilian children from Bahia

Authors

  • Elaine Pedreira Rabinovich UCSal.
  • Rosa Maria da Motta Azambuja UCSal.
  • Lúcia Vaz de Campos Moreira UCSal.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2014v17i1p179-199

Keywords:

Great-grand-father, Great-grand-mother, Children, Intergenerational relationships.

Abstract

Grand-parents have been subject of studies for already some time, but as people are getting older, great-grand-parents become to emerge at children lives horizon. This exploratory study is part of a bigger one where children were asked about the meaning of their family members, including theirs great-grand-parents. One general conclusion is some great-grand-parents may already be in the traditional place of grand-parent, for instance, giving support and caring.

 

Author Biographies

Elaine Pedreira Rabinovich, UCSal.

Psicóloga clínica. Mestrado e Doutorado pelo IPUSP; Pós-doutorado IPUSP e FFCL-USP/RP. Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Família na Sociedade Contemporânea/UCSal; Coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisa Família, (auto)biografia e poética/UCSal.

 

Rosa Maria da Motta Azambuja, UCSal.

Pedagoga. Mestre e doutoranda em Família na Sociedade Contemporânea (UCSal).

 

Lúcia Vaz de Campos Moreira, UCSal.

Psicóloga.  Mestrado em Educação (UFBA). Doutorado em Psicologia (USP). Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Família na Sociedade Contemporânea/UCSal.


Downloads

Published

2014-03-30

How to Cite

Rabinovich, E. P., Azambuja, R. M. da M., & Moreira, L. V. de C. (2014). Meanings of grandparents of Brazilian children from Bahia. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 17(1), 179–199. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2014v17i1p179-199

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Papers

License

Kairós Gerontologia owns the copyright of all published material. The whole reproduction of the articles of this Journal in other publications or for any other purpose, by any means, requires a written permission of the editor of this journal. Partial reproductions of articles (abstracts, more than 500 words text, tables, figures and other illustrations) must have a permission written by the publisher and the authors.