Department of Gerontology, 14727University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Department of Psychology, 3404University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
J Aging Health. 2021 Oct;33(9):647-660. doi: 10.1177/08982643211004817. Epub 2021 Mar 29.
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychosocial intervention program to improve the health and social psychological outcomes for grandparents raising grandchildren using the theory of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation (Baltes, P. B., & Baltes, M. M. (1990). Psychological perspectives on successful aging: The model of selective optimization with compensation. In P. B. Baltes & M. M. Baltes (Eds.), Successful aging: Perspectives from the behavioral sciences (pp. 1-34). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511665684.003). : Fifty-two grandparents were randomly assigned either to a 6-session solution-oriented goal-setting program or to a waiting list control condition who subsequently received the intervention. Grandparents in the intervention group, in comparison to the waiting list control group, reduced their level of depression, improved their parental efficacy, overall psychosocial adjustment, and increased their ability to choose effective goals. For the most part, findings were replicated in the waiting list control analyses. While these findings are consistent with previous studies using psychosocial interventions with parents and grandparent caregivers, they also provide support for strength-based proactive behavioral approaches to improve the quality of life of grandparent caregivers.
本文旨在评估一项社会心理干预计划的效果，该计划通过选择、优化和补偿理论（Baltes，P. B.，& Baltes，M. M.（1990）。心理视角下的成功老龄化：选择性优化与补偿模型。在 P. B. Baltes 和 M. M. Baltes（编），成功老龄化：行为科学的视角（第 1-34 页）。剑桥大学出版社。doi：10.1017/CBO9780511665684.003），提高抚养孙辈的祖父母的健康和社会心理结果。52 名祖父母被随机分配到 6 节以解决方案为导向的目标设定计划组或等待名单对照组，随后他们接受了干预。与等待名单对照组相比，干预组的祖父母抑郁水平降低，育儿效能感、整体社会心理适应能力提高，有效目标选择能力增强。在很大程度上，等待名单控制分析也复制了这些发现。虽然这些发现与之前使用社会心理干预措施对父母和祖父母照顾者进行的研究一致，但它们也为基于优势的积极行为方法提供了支持，以提高祖父母照顾者的生活质量。
