Smith Gregory C, Cichy Kelly E, Montoro-Rodriguez Julian
School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences, 405 P White Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242.
Social Work, CHHS, 499C, 9201 University City Blvd., The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223.
Fam Relat. 2015 Jul;64(3):378-392. doi: 10.1111/fare.12121.
The authors blended elements from the Stress Process Model and the Family Stress Model to investigate the direct and indirect effects of custodial grandmothers' (CGMs') coping resources (i.e., active strategies, passive strategies, and social support) on their psychological distress, their parenting practices, and their grandchild's internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Participants included African American and White CGMs (N = , M = ) who provided full-time care to a grandchild (M = ). Structural equation modeling revealed that social support and active coping were related to lower CGM distress and less ineffective parenting, whereas passive coping was associated with increased distress and more ineffective parenting. Ineffective parenting had direct effects on grandchildren's outcomes, whereas CGM coping resources had direct effects on ineffective parenting and indirect effects (through ineffective parenting) on grandchildren's externalizing and internalizing difficulties. The authors conclude that CGM coping resources affect the psychological well-being of both generations.
作者融合了压力过程模型和家庭压力模型的要素,以研究监护祖母(CGMs)的应对资源(即积极策略、消极策略和社会支持)对其心理困扰、育儿方式以及孙辈内化和外化症状的直接和间接影响。参与者包括为孙辈提供全职照料的非裔美国人和白人监护祖母(N = ,M = ),其孙辈年龄为M = 。结构方程模型显示,社会支持和积极应对与监护祖母较低的困扰水平及较少无效育儿方式相关,而消极应对则与更高的困扰水平及更多无效育儿方式相关。无效育儿方式对孙辈的结果有直接影响,而监护祖母的应对资源对无效育儿方式有直接影响,并(通过无效育儿方式)对孙辈的外化和内化困难有间接影响。作者得出结论,监护祖母的应对资源会影响两代人的心理健康。