INTERACTIONS WITH GRANDPARENTS AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - A COMPARISON OF ACTIVITIES, INFLUENCES, AND RELATIONSHIPS

This study explored the relationships between young adults and their g randparents and great-grandparents. A convenience sample of fifty-two college students, who had at least one living grandparent and great-gr andparent, completed a questionnaire that assessed their interactions with their grandparents and great-grandparents. The respondents engage d in more frequent contact and activities with their grandparents than with their great-grandparents. They also perceived their grandparents as having a more defined role and being more influential in their liv es than great-grandparents. Discussion centers on potential personal a nd demographic factors that may have influenced the respondents' perce ptions of and interactions with their great-grandparents.