TY - JOUR
T1 - What about the grandparents? Children's postdivorce residence arrangements and contact with grandparents
AU - Westphal, Sarah Katharina
AU - Poortman, Anne Rigt
AU - Van der Lippe, Tanja
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Despite the importance of grandparents in their grandchildren's lives, little is known about grandparent-grandchild contact after parental divorce. In this study, the authors investigated differences in grandparent-grandchild contact across 3 postdivorce residence arrangements (mother residence, father residence, and shared residence) using recent survey data from the Netherlands (N = 3,842). The results indicated that contact with maternal grandparents after divorce was highest in mother-residence arrangements, followed by shared residence and then father residence. Contact with paternal grandparents was highest for children in father-residence and shared-residence arrangements, followed by mother residence. Parental conflict had little influence on children's contact with maternal grandparents, but it decreased contact with paternal grandparents. Moreover, the results partly support the assumption that conflict moderates the relationship between residence arrangements and grandparental contact, with differences between residence arrangements being more pronounced in the case of high-conflict divorced families than in low-conflict ones.
AB - Despite the importance of grandparents in their grandchildren's lives, little is known about grandparent-grandchild contact after parental divorce. In this study, the authors investigated differences in grandparent-grandchild contact across 3 postdivorce residence arrangements (mother residence, father residence, and shared residence) using recent survey data from the Netherlands (N = 3,842). The results indicated that contact with maternal grandparents after divorce was highest in mother-residence arrangements, followed by shared residence and then father residence. Contact with paternal grandparents was highest for children in father-residence and shared-residence arrangements, followed by mother residence. Parental conflict had little influence on children's contact with maternal grandparents, but it decreased contact with paternal grandparents. Moreover, the results partly support the assumption that conflict moderates the relationship between residence arrangements and grandparental contact, with differences between residence arrangements being more pronounced in the case of high-conflict divorced families than in low-conflict ones.
KW - Divorce
KW - Grandparents
KW - Intergenerational relations
KW - Postdivorce parenting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84923878692&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/jomf.12173
DO - 10.1111/jomf.12173
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84923878692
SN - 0022-2445
VL - 77
SP - 424
EP - 440
JO - Journal of Marriage and the Family
JF - Journal of Marriage and the Family
IS - 2
ER -