The focus of this study was to investigate psychological effect on grandchildren when they are being raised by their grandparents. Considerable research has been done on the psychological effect on the grandparents, but very little on the effects on grandchildren, especially in South Africa. By means of a mainly qualitative investigation, empirical data were collected through informal discussions, observations and projection media from four families and seven grandchildren in total. The findings yielded a number of common themes among all the grandchildren, and yet others showed the influence of the attitude of the grandparents towards the situation. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Guidance and counseling)

This study will explore whether the relationships between grandparents and birthparents affect kinship care placement outcomes for court dependent children. Data was extracted from an existing study of kinship care providers.

Three psychosocial dynamics were assessed for their effect on role satisfaction among grandchildren: (1) the impact of expanding a household on a limited fixed income, (2) health issues of the grandparent as they apply to stamina, and (3) the interaction with their existing social structure to include grandchildren (adjustments, prioritizing, and social isolation). Sampling included a population of 33 custodial grandparents (age=55 and older; male and female; various ethnicities) and selected from a Grandparents Raising Grandchildren support group in Idyllwild, California. The instrument of this quantitative and qualitative study was an adaptation from the County of Riverside, Department of Mental Health, Children's Department Personal Satisfaction Survey. Survey answers were based on a Likert scale model. Responses from the surveys indicated that the custodial grandparents are satisfied with their roles. However, there are sufficient data to suggest there is a need to increase quality of life and custodial role satisfaction.

The focus of this study was to investigate psychological effect on grandchildren when they are being raised by their grandparents. Considerable research has been done on the psychological effect on the grandparents, but very little on the effects on grandchildren, especially in South Africa. By means of a mainly qualitative investigation, empirical data were collected through informal discussions, observations and projection media from four families and seven grandchildren in total. The findings yielded a number of common themes among all the grandchildren, and yet others showed the influence of the attitude of the grandparents towards the situation. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Guidance and counseling)

Master of Science / Department of Family Studies and Human Services / Melinda Markham / The number of grandparents who are taking over the responsibility of raising their grandchildren is increasing over time. Despite society’s reliance on them, society is failing to meet the needs of these families. Grandparents consistently lack the necessary resources that could reduce and minimize their stress in what is usually an unexpected family situation. Family Life Education has failed to meet the needs of grandfamilies. Using Family Stress Theory as a theoretical framework, this study asked the question How can Family Life Education be used as a resource for grandparents raising grandchildren to avoid crisis? Focus groups and individual interviews were used to gather qualitative data from grandparents who are currently raising their grandchildren near a midwestern university. Findings suggest grandparents raising grandchildren could benefit from education regarding finding resources and answers to questions as they navigate the many systems they are involved with, communicating and guiding their grandchildren, balancing and maintaining the shifting family dynamics and changing family relationships, information regarding the growth and development of children across the lifespan, and education regarding content that is unique to their family situation. However there are multiple barriers that participants identified toward the utilization of FLE. Ultimately, there is a lack of collaboration among services for grandparents raising grandchildren and they lack support that could potentially come from support groups. Impact and implications for practice, research and policy were discussed. Strengths and limitations of the study were also presented.

Master of Science / Department of Family Studies Human Services / Rick J. Scheidt / Currently in the United States there are 2.7 million grandparent caregivers caring for 5.4 million grandchildren, with 883,386 of these grandparents caring for their grandchildren without any assistance from the child’s biological parent. These grandparents have unique needs and require support services that understand and recognize those needs. However, many of the resources currently available are not designed to assist this population. This report explores many of the issues grandparents face when taking over as the primary caregiver for their grandchild. Specifically this report highlights the financial, legal, and medical issues, as well as the need for respite care and housing. These particular issues were selected because they are commonly cited as difficult areas to navigate for grandparent caregivers, and also because there are crucial resources in each of these areas that allow grandparents to successfully raise their grandchild. Without these tools, the process of raising the grandchild can prove extremely difficult for grandparents, which can have negative consequences on the grandchildren. In addition it offers suggestions for grandparents seeking assistance regarding these issues, also providing several resources. This report also offers guidance for grandparent caregiver advocates and encourages future research and scholarship to explore programs assisting this population.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:17:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fatima Cristina Costa Fontes.pdf: 2535782 bytes, checksum: 0537b9bcb4fe9d7bb5783c0edada11a4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-05 / The following thesis presents a qualitative research developed with the general aim of studying the intergenerational relationships in families that have criminal involvement. This study investigates the relationship between grandparents and their adolescent grandchildren who are authors of criminal acts as an area of intergenerational companionship and possible socio-affective reference to amend the trajectories of their delinquent grandchildren. This work began with the hypothesis that the networks of family solidarity forged between grandparents and their criminally-involved adolescent grandchildren, if strengthened, will serve as one of the socio-affective references for these grandchildren and will create a possibility of transformation in their criminal trajectories. After considering what was perceived of the socio-affective reality of these grandparents and their grandchildren and the process of interrelational changes tested in the families of the research, the following aspects of the observed dynamics were considered: the quality of subject-researcher relationship, the amplification of love within family relationships, and the importance of the religious experience as a factor in family resilience. The theoretical reference of the study was built upon the sum of the production of four theoretical lines: the Complex Thought of Edgar Morin; the notion of affection of Espinosa; studies on the Biology of Love, Humberto Maturana; and studies of Generation and Family Memory from French sociological thought. Two grandparents and two adolescent grandchildren volunteered for the study. The adolescents were perpetrators of criminal acts that were in compliance with the measure of socio-educational Assisted Freedom, and were participating in the Program of Assisted Freedom of the Associação Educacional e Beneficente Vale da Bênção, in Vila Nova Cachoeirinha, São Paulo. As a methodological procedure, four visits with simultaneous interviews were made, as well as the drafting of Genosociograms of the two families surveyed. It was concluded from the results of the analysis that the strengthening of the relationships between grandparents and grandchildren served as a socio-affective reference for transformation in the path of life of both the grandchildren and the grandparents. This result helped build a group of ideas for assisting families in criminal contexts since it enabled the scaling of the importance of loving affection in family changes / Apresenta-se, neste texto de tese, uma pesquisa qualitativa, desenvolvida com o objetivo geral de se estudar as relações intergeracionais nas famílias em contexto infracional. Tal estudo se propôs a investigar as interrelações entre avós e seus netos adolescentes autores de ato infracional, como espaço de convivência intergeracional e de possível referência sócio-afetiva de alteração das trajetórias infracionais dos netos. Este trabalho partiu da hipótese que as redes de solidariedade familiar tecidas entre avós e seus netos adolescentes autores de ato infracional, se fortalecidas entre si, servirão como uma das referências sócio-afetivas desses netos e como possibilidade de transformação da suas trajetórias infracionais. Face ao que foi percebido sobre a realidade sócio-afetiva destes avós e seus netos e ao processo de mudanças interrelacionais experimentados nas famílias da pesquisa, foram analisadas os seguintes aspectos da dinâmica observada: a qualidade da interrelação pesquisados - pesquisador; a amplificação do amar nas relações familiares e a importância da experiência religiosa como fator de resiliência familiar. O referencial teórico utilizado na pesquisa somou a produção de quatro vertentes teóricas: o pensamento Complexo de Edgar Morin; a noção de afeto em Espinosa; os estudos sobre a Biologia do Amar de Humberto Maturana e os estudos de Geração e Memória familiar do pensamento sociológico francês. Participaram da pesquisa, voluntariamente, duas avós e dois netos adolescentes autores de ato infracional que cumpriam a medida sócio-educativa da Liberdade Assistida, e que participavam do programa da Liberdade Assistida da Associação Educacional e Beneficente Vale da Bênção, em Vila Nova Cachoeirinha, São Paulo. Como procedimentos metodológicos foram realizados quatro Visitas Domiciliares com realização simultânea de entrevistas e a elaboração do Genossociograma das duas famílias pesquisadas. Concluiu-se, através da análise feita a partir dos resultados obtidos, que o fortalecimento da trama relacional entre avós e netos, serviu como referência sócio-afetiva de transformação na trajetória de vida dos netos e de suas avós. Tal resultado contribui para o quadro de propostas de atendimento às famílias em contexto infracional, uma vez que possibilitou o dimensionamento da importância do afeto amoroso nas transformações familiares

Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2018-06-19T19:10:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Eloise Elene Neves Barbosa.pdf: 483311 bytes, checksum: ffd4b0f24787bcc2996a4323f2fb0199 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-19T19:10:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Eloise Elene Neves Barbosa.pdf: 483311 bytes, checksum: ffd4b0f24787bcc2996a4323f2fb0199 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-06 / The presented dissertation arises from a subproject linked to the umbrella project – Subjective Productions in Family Litigation for Custody of Children: implications for their social development. The a priori research field was the project Educative Justice of Families, resulting from the project above. The researcher has had a close relationship with its object – the grandparents discursive practices related to grandchildren guardianship, based on the Social Constructionism and the qualitative method developed through dialogical interanimation. In this respect, three out of five grandparents involved in this research were selected of the project Educative Justice of Families, with active researcher engagement. The two other attendees were selected by the researcher based on information from their professional context. The inclusion criterion was the grandparents availability invited to collaborate on research. Household visit was used as a resource for proposed instruments being achieved– writing and sentences complementation. Some of the most significant results indicate that: 1) grandparents suffer psychic illness processes because of the complex relationship family/justice, according to what is imbricated in their discursive practices on their sons' litigation; 2) grandparents stir up litigation when they do not believe that their offspring and former sons-in-law or daughters-in-law are capable of raising their grandchildren; 3) the parental force of grandparents in a litigated family obstruct parents to assume their own parental roles autonomously. / A dissertação proposta é oriunda de um subprojeto vinculado ao projeto guarda-chuva– Produções Subjetivas de Famílias em Litígio pela Guarda dos Filhos: implicações para o seu desenvolvimento social. O campo da pesquisa a priori foi o projeto Justiça Educativa de Famílias, intervenção resultante do projeto acima mencionado. A pesquisadora foi se aproximando do seu objeto – as práticas discursivas dos avós relacionadas à guarda dos netos, tendo como base o Construcionismo Social e o método qualitativo desenvolvido por meio da interanimação dialógica. Nessa perspectiva, três dos cinco avós participantes da pesquisa foram selecionados durante a participação ativa da mestranda no Projeto Justiça Educativa de Famílias. Os dois outros avós participantes, foram selecionados pela pesquisadora a partir de informações do seu contexto profissional. O critério de inclusão foi a disponibilidade dos avós convidados para colaborar com a pesquisa. A visita domiciliar foi um recurso para a realização dos instrumentos propostos – redação e complementação de frases. Alguns dos resultados mais significativos da pesquisa apontam que: 1) há processos de adoecimento psíquico dos avós na complexa relação família/justiça, imbricado nas práticas discursivas dos avós em relação ao litígio dos filhos; 2) os avós acirram o litígio quando não acreditam que os filhos e ex genros/noras são capazes de educar os netos; 3) o poder parental dos avós na família em litígio dificulta aos genitores assumirem os seus papéis parentais de forma autônoma.

This study examined the delivery of information and services offered to grandparents who had become the primary caregivers of pre-k through third grade students to determine if the information and services were effective in decreasing chronic early absence as defined by Chang and Romero (2008). This mixed-method, multi-case study focused on the perceived needs of custodial grandparents and examined if the school system was meeting their needs through delivery of information and services. The researcher sought participation from 5 custodial grandparents who had grandchildren in pre-k, kindergarten, first, second, or third grades in a Northeast Tennessee school system and whose grandchildren had accumulated absences that met the definition of chronic early absenteeism (10% or more absences) as defined by Chang and Romero (2008). Skyward Database provided a list of families who met the aforementioned criteria. The average age of this group of grandparents was 51.8 with a range of ages from 48 to 54.The comparison group, also retrieved from the Skyward Database, included 4 custodial grandparents whose grandchildren had the highest attendance rates (top 5%). The average age of this group was 53 with a range of ages from 48 to 59. Researcher-developed questionnaires and interviews were used to determine outcomes and major findings. [a1] Major findings included 1) A Chi Squared Test determined that children in grandparent-led households were significantly more likely to meet the criteria of chronic early absence than children from parent/other guardian-led households; 2) 100% of grandparents in both groups had not heard of chronic early absence, 33% of teachers had not heard of chronic early absence, and 50% of Family Resource Center Staff had not heard of chronic early absence; 3) 47% of grandparent-led households met the criteria of chronic early absence while only 18% of parent/other guardian-led households met criteria of chronic early absence; 4) 0% of the parents were involved in the child’s life or education in the grandparent-led households while 50% of the parents were involved in the child’s life or education in parent/other guardian-led households; 5) 20% of children in grandparent-led households with chronic early absence had disciplinary actions while 100% of children in grandparent-led households with high attendance had significant disciplinary actions; and 6) Sickness was the primary reason for absences in grandparent-led families with chronic early absence; 7) A majority of grandparents in both groups used verbal communication with teachers and school staff, but written communication was preferred by each group.

<p>Over the past three decades, the phenomenon of children's health in China has been marked by a co-existence of overweight and underweight. As the primary institution for a child, family is an opportune place for child malnutrition intervention. By advancing a framework that addresses the contextual factors which shape the heterogeneity of socioeconomic gradients of child overweight/obesity, this dissertation has sought to understand the channels through which access to family resources influences child overweight/obesity in China. Based on these developed understandings, I identified the mechanisms by which having any younger siblings and three generation living together or proximately affect child malnutrition in China. Using data drawn from China Health and Nutrition Survey, this dissertation uncovered remarkable differences in multiple levels of contextual factors that shape a child's risk of overweight/obesity and underweight in China as compared to Western society. China's stage of economic development together with the drastically increasing income inequality has created an ever-increasing socioeconomic gap in child overweight/obesity, especially after 1997. This finding confirmed the position of the Ecological System framework that access to obesogenic environment is much more important than willpower based on knowledge in shaping one's obesity-related risk behavior. Although the fertility level has been lowered by One Child Policy, resource dilution effect still affects girls' nutrition status, especially for those exposed to poverty and food insecurity. Children in the care of grandparents are healthier, probably due to the generally low degree of access to obesogenic foods and a closer intergenerational relationship that facilitates effective communication and promotes healthy lifestyle formation.</p> / Dissertation