Stress, Coping, and Well-Being of Custodial Grandparents

监护祖父母的压力、应对方式和幸福感

• 批准号: 6472480
• 负责人: Gregory C Smith
• 金额: $ 46.21万
• 依托单位: KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-06-11 至 2004-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6472480
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; caregivers; child rearing; clinical research; coping; family structure /dynamics; gender difference; grandparent; human subject; interview; middle childhood (6-11); parent offspring interaction; psychological stressor; quality of life; questionnaires; racial /ethnic difference; role; socioeconomics; socioenvironment; stress

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The global aim is to examine stress and coping among custodial grandparents, a growing but inadequately studied population of family caregivers. The complex links between caregiving demands, coping behaviors, resources, appraisals and physical and mental health outcomes will be explored with a random, nationally-representative sample of 900 grandparents raising grandchildren (ages 4 to 16) due to substance abuse and other causes of child neglect by parents. Of the 900 grandparents, recruited through multiplicity network sampling with random digit dialing, there will be 700 grandmothers and 200 grandfathers from the same households. Data will be collected by a mixed-mode survey including phone interviews and mailed questionnaires. Aim 1 is to test a two-factor model of grandmothers' psychological well-being adapted from stress and coping research on family caregivers to the elderly using structural equation modeling. Depressive symptoms and psychological well-being are regarded as distinct outcomes, with each having unique antecedents within a general model of stress and coping. Physical health is viewed as both a key resource and outcome. Past studies have involved small convenience samples, and have not examined caregiving outcomes within the multivariate context of carefully specified theoretical models. Aim 2 is to determine if both the structural and measurement aspects of the model are invariant for Black (n=350) and White (n=350) grandmothers. Extant studies have involved either White or Black grandparents, and the rare studies involving both races have yielded equivocal findings. Aim 3 is to compare grandmothers and grandfathers along key caregiving constructs within the model. Custodial grandfathers, who have been largely overlooked in past research, are hypothesized to report lower involvement, greater satisfaction, and less role strain and depression related to custodial grandparenting than do grandmothers. Possible race by gender interactions will also be explored. Aim 4 is to obtain baseline data so that this initial cross-sectional investigation may evolve into a longitudinal study. Aim 5 is to archive the data for eventual use by other researchers; The findings of this study will inform the development of interventions tailored to assist custodial grandparents and their families.

描述（由申请人提供）：全球目标是检查压力和 监护祖父母之间的应对，一个日益增长但尚未充分研究的问题 家庭照顾者的人口。护理需求之间的复杂联系， 应对行为、资源、评估和身心健康结果 将使用 900 名具有全国代表性的随机样本进行探索 由于药物滥用和抚养孙子（4 至 16 岁）的祖父母 父母忽视儿童的其他原因。在900名祖父母中，招募 通过随机数字拨号的多重网络采样，将有 来自同一家庭的700名祖母和200名祖父。数据将是 通过混合模式调查收集，包括电话采访和邮寄 问卷调查。目标 1 是测试祖母的双因素模型 根据家庭压力和应对研究改编的心理健康 使用结构方程模型对老年人进行护理。抑郁症 症状和心理健康被视为不同的结果， 每个人在压力和应对的一般模型中都有独特的前因。 身体健康被视为关键资源和成果。过去的研究有 涉及小方便样本，并且没有检查护理结果 在精心指定的理论模型的多元背景下。目的 2 是确定模型的结构和测量方面是否 对于黑人 (n=350) 和白人 (n=350) 祖母来说是不变的。现有研究 涉及白人或黑人祖父母，并且罕见的研究 涉及两个种族的研究得出了模棱两可的结果。目标 3 是比较 祖母和祖父沿着模型中的关键护理结构。 在过去的研究中很大程度上被忽视的监护祖父 假设报告参与度较低，满意度较高，作用较小 与祖母相比，与监护祖父母有关的紧张和抑郁。 还将探讨可能的性别互动种族问题。目标4是获得 基线数据，以便初步的横断面调查可以发展 进入纵向研究。目标 5 是将数据存档以供最终使用 其他研究人员；这项研究的结果将为开发提供信息 专门为协助监护祖父母及其家人而制定的干预措施。