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Dolbin-MacNab, Megan L.; Jeanblanc, Alexandra B.; Musil, Carol M.; Infurna, Frank J.; Smith, Gregory C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
While negative impacts of COVID-19-related remote instruction on children continue to emerge, it appears that vulnerable students will disproportionately bear the burden. One such vulnerable population is children being raised by grandparents. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to gain insight into custodial grandmothers' (CGMs)…
Descriptors: Grandparents, Grandchildren, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Distance Education
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Montoro-Rodriguez, Julian; Smith, Gregory C.; Palmieri, Patrick A. – Family Relations, 2012
We examined patterns and predictors of perceived need, use, and unmet need for mental health services by custodial grandchildren within the school-based and community-based delivery sectors. Data were from a national sample of 610 grandmothers caring for grandchildren ages 6 to 17 in the absence of biological parents. Overlapping use of services…
Descriptors: Caring, Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
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Smith, Gregory C.; Hancock, Gregory R. – Family Relations, 2010
An adaptation of the Family Stress Model was examined using structural equation modeling with data from 193 custodial grandmother-grandfather dyads. The model's measurement and structural components were largely invariant by grandparent gender. For grandmothers and grandfathers alike, the effects of their psychological and marital distress on…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Child Rearing, Psychology, Grandchildren
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Smith, Gregory C.; Palmieri, Patrick A.; Hancock, Gregory R.; Richardson, Rhonda A. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
An adaptation of the Family Stress Model (FSM) with hypothesized linkages between family contextual factors, custodial grandmothers' psychological distress, parenting practices, and grandchildren's adjustment was tested with structural equation modeling. Interview data from 733 custodial grandmothers of grandchildren between ages 4-17 revealed…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Grandchildren