Whitley Deborah M, Lamis Dorian A, Kelley Susan J
School of Social Work, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences/Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA.
J Clin Psychol. 2016 Jun;72(6):563-79. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22272. Epub 2016 Feb 25.
This study examines the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary intervention for African American grandmothers raising grandchildren on the relationship between dichotomized levels of mental health stress (low vs. high) and elevated levels of psychological distress, mediated by perceptions of family resources.
A nonrandom sample of African American grandmothers (N = 679) was assessed to test the predictive relations among study constructs in the context of a prospective mediational model.
Perception of family resources contributes to lower psychological distress among custodial grandmothers exhibiting low and high levels of mental health stress. There was no significant difference in the strength of the mediated effects between the 2 mental health stress groups.
The findings suggest appropriate resource-focused interventions can enhance grandmothers' subjective assessments of family resources and reduce psychological distress. However, additional research is needed to ascertain the consistency and generalizability of findings.
本研究探讨了针对抚养孙辈的非裔美国祖母的多学科干预措施，对心理健康压力二分水平（低与高）与心理困扰水平升高之间关系的有效性，该关系由家庭资源认知介导。
对非裔美国祖母的非随机样本（N = 679）进行评估，以检验前瞻性中介模型背景下研究构念之间的预测关系。
家庭资源认知有助于降低心理健康压力水平低和高的监护祖母的心理困扰。两个心理健康压力组之间的中介效应强度没有显著差异。
研究结果表明，适当的以资源为重点的干预措施可以提高祖母对家庭资源的主观评估，并减少心理困扰。然而，需要进一步的研究来确定研究结果的一致性和普遍性。
