Involving caregiving grandmothers in family interventions when mothers with substance use problems are incarcerated
Involving caregiving grandmothers in family interventions when mothers with substance use problems are incarcerated
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1545-5300.2008.00258.x
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发表时间：
2008-09-01
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3.9
通讯作者：
Engstrom, Malitta
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作者：
Engstrom, Malitta
女性被监禁的惊人比例对有色人种女性的影响尤为严重，经常与女性的药物使用问题相交叉，并且经常导致祖母在女儿被监禁期间照顾孙子孙女。许多因素使祖母的照顾经历复杂化，并导致超出祖父母照顾通常相关的压力。这些复杂的因素包括与他们女儿的药物使用问题和监禁有关的压力；他们许多孙辈复杂的生物心理社会需求；他们必须解决的具有挑战性的关系问题；贫穷的长期、多方面的影响。尽管祖母们扮演着关键的角色，她们面临着多重脆弱性，并且有可能通过与文化相关的多代家庭干预措施为所有三代人带来收益，但在针对这一家庭群体的干预研究中，祖母们很少受到关注。本文为在干预和研究中纳入照料祖母提供了理论和实证依据，这些干预和研究涉及受母亲监禁和药物使用问题影响的家庭，特别是多家庭群体的前景。还包括针对这类家庭人口量身定制多家庭小组的策略。
The alarming rate of incarceration of women disproportionately affects women of color, frequently intersects with the women's substance use problems, and often results in grandmothers providing care for their grandchildren during their daughters' incarceration. Numerous factors complicate the grandmothers' caregiving experiences and contribute to strains that exceed those typically associated with grandparent caregiving. Such complicating factors include the stresses associated with their daughters' substance use problems and incarceration; the complex biopsychosocial needs of many of their grandchildren; the challenging relational issues they must address; and often, the long-term, multifaceted effects of poverty. Despite the critical roles they play, the multiple vulnerabilities they face, and the potential for multigenerational, culturally relevant family interventions to yield gains for all three generations, grandmothers have received little attention in intervention research with this group of families. This paper provides a theoretical and empirical rationale for the inclusion of caregiving grandmothers in interventions and research with families affected by maternal incarceration and substance use problems, in general, and for the promise of multifamily groups, in particular. Strategies for tailoring multifamily groups with this population of families are also included.