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Toward an integrative framework of grandparental investment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2010

David A. Coall  and
Ralph Hertwig
David A. Coall
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia 6160, Australia. [email protected]://www.uwa.edu.au/people/david.coall
Ralph Hertwig
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Basel, 4055 Basel, Switzerland. [email protected]://www.psycho.unibas.ch/hertwig
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Abstract

This response outlines more reasons why we need the integrative framework of grandparental investments and intergenerational transfers that we advocated in the target article. We discusses obstacles – from misconceptions to poor measures – that stand in the way of such a framework and of a better understanding of the effects of grandparenting in the developed world. We highlight new research directions that have emerged from the commentaries, and we end by discussing some of the things in our target article about which we may have been wrong.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 40 - 59
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