Recruiting custodial grandmothers using Facebook

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen C. Clark ◽  
Susan J. Kelley ◽  
Patricia C. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Custodial Grandmothers

scholarly journals Patterns and Predictors of Support Group Use by Custodial Grandmothers and Grandchildren

2010 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory C. Smith ◽  
Julian Montoro Rodriguez ◽  
Patrick A. Palmieri
Keyword(s):  
Support Group ◽  
Custodial Grandmothers

scholarly journals ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES REPORTED BY CUSTODIAL GRANDMOTHERS AND THEIR ADOLESCENT GRANDCHILDREN

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S283-S283
Author(s):  
Gregory C Smith ◽  
Frank J Infurna ◽  
Britney A Webster ◽  
Megan L Dolbin-MacNab ◽  
Max Crowley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Verbal Abuse ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
School Problems ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Standardized Measures ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Custodial Grandmothers ◽  
Loss Of A Parent

Abstract The Risky Family Model postulates that adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are likely to be encountered across generations within custodial grandfamilies which, in turn, may adversely impact their overall well-being. The present study is a pioneering attempt to examine the patterns of ACEs self-reported by custodial grandmothers (CGM) and adolescent grandchildren (AGC) from the same families, and how their total ACE scores correlate with key physical and mental health outcomes. A total of 129 CGM-ACG dyads recruited for a nationwide RCT study completed separately at baseline the 10-item ACE-CDC and 4 items from the ACE-IQ, as well as various standardized measures of physical and emotional well-being. The most frequent ACEs reported by AGC were loss of a parent (60.5%), verbal abuse (58.1%), bullying by peers (46.5%), and living with someone jailed (45.0%). The predominant ACEs for CGM were bullying by peers (48.8%), verbal abuse (48.1%), living with a mentally ill person (34.1%), being touched sexually (29.5%), and loss of parent (29.5%). Only 10.1% of ACG and 15.5% of CGM reported 0 ACEs, whereas 65.1 % of ACG and 59% of CGM reported > 3 ACEs. For ACG, total ACE scores correlated significantly with externalizing (r=.32) and internalizing (r=.30) difficulties, self-esteem (r= -.28), loneliness (r=.27), school problems (r=.24), and physical health (r= -.26). For CGMs, anxiety (r=.23) and depression (r=.19) only were correlated significantly with total ACEs. We conclude that although both CGM and ACG reported alarmingly high levels of ACEs, different patterns and correlates exist between the generations. [Funded by R01AG054571]

scholarly journals Impact of Coping Resources on the Well-Being of Custodial Grandmothers and Grandchildren

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory C. Smith ◽  
Kelly E. Cichy ◽  
Julian Montoro-Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Custodial Grandmothers

The Role of Caregiver Burden in Understanding African American Custodial Grandmothers

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 366-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria F. Carr ◽  
Bert Hayslip ◽  
Jennifer Gray
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Custodial Grandmothers

scholarly journals Measuring the Parenting Practices of Custodial Grandmothers

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 3676-3689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory C. Smith ◽  
William Merchant ◽  
Bert Hayslip ◽  
Gregory R. Hancock ◽  
Frederick Strieder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Custodial Grandmothers

scholarly journals The Utility of the Family Empowerment Scale With Custodial Grandmothers

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert Hayslip ◽  
Gregory C. Smith ◽  
Julian Montoro-Rodriguez ◽  
Frederick H. Streider ◽  
William Merchant
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Factor Scores ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Family Empowerment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Psychological Difficulties ◽  
Custodial Grandmothers

The Family Empowerment Scale (FES) was developed specifically to assess empowerment in families with emotional disorders. Its relevance to custodial grandfamilies is reflected in the difficulties in grandchildren’s social, emotional, and behavioral functioning, wherein such difficulties may be explained via either reactions to changes in their family structure or in their responses to the newly formed family unit. Utilizing 27 items derived from the 34-item version of the FES, which had represented differential levels of empowerment (family, service system, community) as indexed by one’s attitudes, knowledge, and behavior, we explored the factor structure, internal consistency, construct, and convergent validity of the FES with grandparent caregivers. Three-hundred forty-three ( M age = 58.45, SD = 8.22, n Caucasian = 152, n African American = 149, n Hispanic = 38) custodial grandmothers caring for grandchildren between ages 4 and 12 years completed the 27 FES items and various measures of their psychological well-being, grandchild psychological difficulties, emotional support, and parenting practices. Factor analysis revealed three factors that differed slightly from the originally proposed FES subscales: Parental Self-Efficacy/Self-Confidence, Service Activism, and Service Knowledge. Each of the factors was internally consistent, and derived factor scores were moderately interrelated, speaking to the question of convergent validity. The construct validity of these three factors was evidenced by meaningful patterns of statistically significant correlations with grandmothers’ psychological well-being, grandchild psychological difficulties, emotional support, and parenting practices. These factor scores were independent of grandmother age, health, and education. These findings suggest the newly identified FES factors to be valuable in understanding empowerment among grandmother caregivers.

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