COMPENSATORY GRANDPARENTING--RAISING ANOTHER GENERATION

描述：(改编自应用程序)。从历史上看，非洲 美国的祖父母帮助照顾孩子。今天，许多人 祖父母被迫扮演代孕父母的角色是有原因的 其中包括青少年怀孕、死亡和父母滥用药物。 祖父母是孙子孙女的主要照顾者 (补偿性祖父母)努力设定优先事项和决定 如何分配他们的时间、精力和财力。超过39%的 所有黑人儿童都生活在祖父母当家的家庭中，没有父母 现在时。相比之下，白人儿童的比例为25%，西班牙裔/拉丁裔儿童的比例为23% 孩子们。然而，人们对照料对老年人的影响知之甚少 祖父母的角色和活动以及他们的心理和身体 健康和主观幸福感(SWB)。拟议的研究为期一年。 影响因素横断面病例对照调查 非裔美国人祖父母的健康和福祉。 120名非制度化的非裔美国人祖父母的样本将是 为这个项目招募的。将包括两个病例组：(1) 祖父母因吸食可卡因而抚养孙子孙女 子女；和，(2)祖父母抚养孙子孙女 其子女使用药物以外的其他原因。会后 资格标准，将完成一次测试，这将需要 大约两个小时。参与者将接受面试，并被要求填写 发出标准化的调查问卷。天平的选择是为了捕捉 社会人口学、角色和活动以及老年人的健康和福祉 祖父母。将使用多元回归分析来得出结论 以及用于演示目的的路径分析。人口统计特征 例如祖父母的年龄、受照顾的孩子的数量以及 孙辈将在回归分析中进行调整。 这项拟议的研究与大多数看护研究不同，后者考察了 照顾老年人的角色；这项研究 重点关注祖父母有主要照顾的日益严重的问题 对孩子的责任。因此，这将是一个机会， 在一个新兴的背景下审视看护。每个参与者都将接受测试 在面试官和参与者选择的中立位置。 因此，表演站点通常是以下站点之一： 参与者的家、杜克大学医学中心的办公室或 参赛者的工作地点。采访将全部在 北卡罗来纳州以下城市之一：罗利、格林斯伯勒、达勒姆、 伯灵顿、教堂山、卡里、卡博罗、高点和温斯顿·塞勒姆(这些 城市包括北卡罗来纳州的三角和皮埃蒙特地区)。

DESCRIPTION: (adapted from the application). Historically, African American grandparents have assisted in the care of children. Today, many grandparents have been forced into the role of surrogate parent for reasons which include teen pregnancy, death and substance abuse of a parent. Grandparents who are primary caregivers for their grandchildren (compensatory grandparents) struggle with setting priorities and deciding how to divide their time, energy, and financial resources. More than 39% of all Black children live in grandparents headed households with no parent present. This is compared to 25% of White children and 23% Hispanic/Latino children. Yet very little is known about the impact of caregiving on the roles and activities of grandparents, and their psychological and physical health, and subjective well-being (SWB). The proposed study is a one-year cross-sectional, case control investigation of the factors affecting the health and well-being of African American grandparents. A sample of 120 non-institutionalized African American grandparents will be recruited for this project. Two case groups will be included: (1) grandparents raising their grandchildren due to the crack / cocaine use of their children; and, (2) grandparents raising their grandchildren for reasons other than the substance use of their children. After meeting eligibility criteria, one testing session will be done which will take approximately two hours. Participants will be interviewed and asked to fill out standardized questionnaires. The scales were chosen to capture the sociodemographics, roles and activities, and health and well-being of the grandparents. Multiple regression analyses will be used to draw conclusions and path analysis for presentation purposes. Demographic characteristics such as age of the grandparent, number of children cared for, and ages of the grandchildren will be adjusted in the regression analyses. The proposed study differs from most caregiving studies which examine the role of caregiving on persons taking care of older individuals; this study focuses on the growing problem of grandparents who have primary caregiving responsibilities for children. Therefore, this would be an opportunity to examine caregiving in an emerging context. Each participant will be tested in a neutral location chosen by the interviewer and the participant. Therefore, the performance sites will most often be one of the following: the participant's home, an office at Duke University Medical Center, or the participant's place of employment. The interviews will all be conducted in North Carolina in one of the following cities: Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Burlington, Chapel Hill, Cary, Carrboro, High Point and Winston Salem (these cities comprise the Triangle and Piedmont areas of North Carolina).