Grandmothers' involvement among young adolescents growing up in poverty
Grandmothers' involvement among young adolescents growing up in poverty
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-7795.2007.00513.x
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Pittman, Laura D.
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作者：
Pittman, Laura D.
在低收入少数群体家庭中，祖母往往发挥着重要作用，既要抚养成年子女，又要照顾孙辈。然而，很少有人知道如何不同类型的祖母参与可能会影响他们的孙子的功能。本文使用的数据从福利，儿童和家庭：三个城市的研究，一个纵向研究抽样低收入的少数民族青年从高贫困社区，探讨青少年（年龄10-14岁的时间1）功能随着时间的推移，根据祖母的居住状态和他们的照顾责任水平。分析发现，随着时间的推移，有监护祖母的青少年表现出更高水平的外化问题行为，而有共同居住的祖母的青少年与同龄人相比，随着时间的推移，抑郁症状较少。将讨论在研究和实践中考虑祖母的影响的重要性，特别是在低收入、少数民族家庭中。
Grandmothers often play an important role in low-income minority families through providing support to their adult children as well as care to their grandchildren. However, little is known about how varying types of grandmother involvement may influence their grandchildren's functioning. This paper uses data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study, a longitudinal study sampling low-income minority youth from high-poverty neighborhoods, to explore how young adolescents (age 10-14 years at Time 1) function over time based on grandmothers' residential status and their level of caretaking responsibility. Analyses find that young adolescents with a custodial grandmother displayed greater levels of externalizing problem behaviors over time while young adolescents with a co-residing grandmother reported fewer depressive symptoms over time as compared with their peers. The importance of considering the influence of grandmothers who are more involved, especially among low-income, minority families, in research and practice will be discussed.