Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren: Family Structure and Well-Being in Culturally Diverse Families.

Goodman, Catherine; Silverstein, Merril

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ERIC Number: EJ655051

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren: Family Structure and Well-Being in Culturally Diverse Families.

Goodman, Catherine; Silverstein, Merril

Gerontologist, v42 n5 p676-89 Oct 2002

Addresses well-being of grandmothers raising grandchildren in coparenting and custodial households in a sample of African American, Latino, and White grandmothers. Results suggest that the cultural lens through which grandparenthood is viewed has a marked impact on the adaptation to custodial or coparenting family structures. (Contains 52 references and 7 tables.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Child Custody, Cultural Differences, Family Structure, Grandparents, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Well Being

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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