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Women in the middle — generational position and grandmothers' adjustment to raising grandchildren
Author(s)	Teresa M Cooney, Jeong Shin An
Journal title	Journal of Women & Aging, vol 18, no 2, 2006
Pages	pp 3-23
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Grandmothers ; Adjustment ; Depression ; Grandparents as carers ; Grandchildren ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The adjustment of two groups of American grandmothers providing primary care for grandchildren in split generation households is compared: 25 grandmothers in the oldest generation of their families (G1); and 22 grandmothers who had living parents or in-laws (G2). It was hypothesised that because of potential demands them as middle generation women, that G2 grandmothers would report greater burden and depression in their caregiving roles than G1 grandmothers. After controlling for numerous factors that are associated with generational position, the hypothesis was confirmed. In addition to being in the middle generation, having grandchildren with problems predicted elevated depression and burden. Grandmothers who were educated beyond high school also reported greater role burden. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070105005 A
Classmark	SW2: DR: ENR: P6:SW: SW5: 3F: 7T
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