Grandmotherhood: Contemporary Meaning among African American Middle-Class Grandmothers

Abstract

Noting the historical tradition and strengths of family extendedness in the African American community, this re search explored how contemporary middle-class African American grand mothers perceive themselves in relation to their children. Stepwise multiple re gression analysis yielded a moderate relationship between the values of 100 grandchildren to 100 middle-class Af rican American grandmothers, timing of role assumption, and current situ ational context. Values included ex