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| Depression and caregiver mastery in grandfathers caring for their grandchildren | | Author(s) | Stacey R Kolomer, Philip McCallion |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 60, no 4, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 283-294 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Grandparents as carers ; Grandfathers ; Depression ; Grandchildren ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Grandfathers who take on caregiving responsibilities are often unnoticed and underserved in the research literature. This article reports on grandfathers from two Relatives as Parents Programs outside New York City participating in focus group interviews discussing their experiences as caregivers to their grandchildren. Common themes for the grandfathers were the feeling of missing freedom, experiencing child rearing differently now than they had with their own children, and fear of what might happen to the children should their health fail. 33 grandfathers also answered questions about themselves and their grandchild; need, use and satisfaction with formal services; depression; and caregiving mastery. A sample of 33 grandmothers selected from a previous study was matched to the grandfathers on age, race and marital status. Differences in depressive symptoms between grandfathers and grandmothers were statistically significant. There was no statistically significant difference between the grandparent caregivers on caregiver mastery. These findings suggest that there may be differences in the impact of caregiving for grandmothers and grandfathers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050622204 A |
| Classmark | P6:SW: SW3: ENR: SW5: 3F: 7T |
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