Nunn Patricia Elaine
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ABNF J. 2002 Sep-Oct;13(5):99-102.
The objectives of this study of African-American, parenting grandparents were to examine the antecedents to grandparent parenting, the grandparents' perception of their health status, and their assessment of parenting stress. Thirty-one subjects completed a demographic questionnaire, two questions from the Short form-36-Health Survey, and the Parenting Stress Index (PSI). Results indicated that the grandparents parented minor grandchildren because of biological parent neglect/abuse, abandonment, mental illness, substance abuse, teen mother, or death of a parent. While most grandparents considered their health to be satisfactory, the grandparents, ages thirty to sixty reported a greater number of health concerns. The PSI identified life stress greater than parenting stress. In conclusion, additional research is needed to identify life stresses that add to the parenting burden, and grandparents' needs to continue parenting.
这项针对非裔美籍祖父母抚养孙辈情况的研究目标是，探究祖父母抚养孙辈的前因、他们对自身健康状况的认知以及对抚养压力的评估。31名受试者完成了一份人口统计学调查问卷、简短健康调查问卷36项中的两个问题，以及抚养压力指数（PSI）调查。结果表明，祖父母抚养未成年孙辈是因为亲生父母忽视/虐待、遗弃、精神疾病、药物滥用、未成年母亲或者父母一方死亡。虽然大多数祖父母认为自己的健康状况令人满意，但年龄在30到60岁之间的祖父母报告了更多的健康问题。抚养压力指数显示生活压力大于抚养压力。总之，需要进一步开展研究，以确定增加抚养负担的生活压力以及祖父母继续抚养孙辈的需求。
