{"id":17292,"date":"2016-09-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2016\/09\/06\/interdependence-in-asian-families-the-singapore-case\/"},"modified":"2021-02-01T17:28:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:28:07","slug":"interdependence-in-asian-families-the-singapore-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2016\/09\/06\/interdependence-in-asian-families-the-singapore-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Interdependence in Asian Families: The Singapore Case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cGrandfather and grandson\u201d from SRN\u2019s SG Photobank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An article titled \u201cInterdependence in Asian Families: The Singapore Case\u201d by A\/P Thang Leng Leng (NUS Dept of Japanese Studies) and former FASS faculty member A\/P Kalyani Mehta explores the dynamics of \u201cinterdependence\u201d between generations of Asian families. Published in the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships in 2006, the qualitative research study involved 30 interviews conducted with 10 families in Singapore, and comprised questions concerning the role and functions of the grandparent, level of satisfaction with relationships with family members, and the activities the grandparent and grandchild participate in.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Physical care, financial support, and the transmission of values and cultures were among the types of interdependence common to the 10 families surveyed. The authors note, for instance, that grandparents are recognized as \u201cwardens of culture\u201d, guiding, preserving and transmitting knowledge, experiences and skills to the next generation. The study also found that those who live in the same household tend to be closer in relationship compared with adult children and grandchildren who live apart from their grandparents. Additionally, the middle generation plays an important role in facilitating and making possible more opportunities for the alternate generations to communicate and interact. A\/P Mehta and A\/P Thang\u2019s study hence highlights the value of studying the changing dynamics of intergenerational relationships and its impact on policies, services and intergeneration programmes, within the context of a fast modernizing city.<\/p>\n

Follow this link<\/a> to learn more about the study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An article titled \u201cInterdependence in Asian Families: The Singapore Case\u201d by A\/P Thang Leng Leng (NUS Dept of Japanese Studies) and former FASS faculty member A\/P Kalyani Mehta explores the dynamics of \u201cinterdependence\u201d between generations of Asian families. Published in the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships in 2006, the qualitative research study involved 30 interviews conducted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247,"featured_media":17293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4529],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27995,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17292\/revisions\/27995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}