Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren: Ethnic and Racial Differences in Well-Being among Custodial and Coparenting Families

Autor/inn/en	Goodman, Catherine Chase; Silverstein, Merril
Titel	Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren: Ethnic and Racial Differences in Well-Being among Custodial and Coparenting Families
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 27 (2006) 11, S.1605-1626 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X06291435
Schlagwörter	Grandparents Raising Grandchildren; Racial Differences; Well Being; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Whites; Caregivers; Interviews; Life Satisfaction; Financial Needs; Depression (Psychology); Mental Health; Physical Health; Comparative Analysis; Ethnicity; Females; Substance Abuse; Attitude Measures; Negative Attitudes; Socioeconomic Influences; Family Relationship; Affective Behavior; Stress Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Großeltern-Enkel-Beziehung; Rassenunterschied; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; White; Weißer; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lebensvollendung; Psychohygiene; Gesundheitszustand; Ethnizität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Negative Fixierung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung
Abstract	This study compares the well-being of African American, Latina, and White grandmothers raising or helping to raise grandchildren in custodial and coparenting families. Grandmother caregivers (N = 1,051) were recruited through schools and media for 1-hr interviews. Latina grandmothers had higher life satisfaction than African American or White grandmothers when they coparented with a parent in the household. Among African American grandmothers, higher life satisfaction was evident in custodial compared to coparenting arrangements. White grandmothers had higher negative mood and assumed care more frequently in response to serious parental substance-related reasons and less frequently because of the parent's financial need. In contrast, levels of depression were the same regardless of ethnicity. Results suggest that expectations regarding caregiving roles and socioeconomic resources may shape the grandmother's mood and sense of satisfaction with life in response to family circumstances but not affect her depression, an important aspect of mental health. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10