Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MTech (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. / ‘n Verkennende studie met ‘n beskrywende inslag is gebruik om meer kennis en begrip oor grootouerrolle se invloed op kleinkinders wat hul grootmaak se akademiese funksionering en gedrag, te verkry. Verskillende faktore in die hedendaagse samelewing dra daartoe by dat grootouers verplig voel om hul kleinkinders te versorg en groot te maak - hierdie grootouergeleide huishoudings het ‘n impak op die akademiese werkverrigting en gedrag van hul kleinkinders wat hul grootmaak. Hierdie fenomeen is ‘n wêreldwye tendens wat ook in Suid-Afrika voorkom en het saam met die tekort aan literatuur, as motivering vir hierdie studie gedien. Die impak van die grootouergeleide huishoudings op die akademiese funksionering en gedrag van kleinkinders is in ‘n skoolgemeenskap in die Weskus onderwysdistrik, ondersoek. Die doel van die studie is om bruikbare informasie aan grootouers, opvoeders en skooladministrateurs te verskaf sodat meer effektiewe opvoeding en onderrig aan die kleinkinders verskaf kan word.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-09-16T17:55:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 annapaulagomesdasilva.pdf: 749077 bytes, checksum: 0a74e78d6e964aa4e0d37a8767506b87 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Diamantino Mayra (mayra.diamantino@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-09-26T20:22:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 annapaulagomesdasilva.pdf: 749077 bytes, checksum: 0a74e78d6e964aa4e0d37a8767506b87 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-26T20:22:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 annapaulagomesdasilva.pdf: 749077 bytes, checksum: 0a74e78d6e964aa4e0d37a8767506b87 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-10 / O aumento da população idosa e as novas construções culturais e teóricas acerca dos processos de envelhecimento vem reconfigurando os papeis assumidos por idosas no seio das famílias contemporâneas. A presente pesquisa objetivou investigar a percepção de avós cuidadoras maternas sobre as práticas educativas e acompanhamento de seus netos em idade escolar e suas concepções sobre o desenvolvimento, educação e relacionamentos intergeracionais. A pesquisa foi dividida em duas etapas. A primeira, de rastreamento, contou com a participação de 70 mulheres, com idade média de 66,2 anos, avós de crianças de 7 a 10 anos de idade, alunos de uma escola particular na cidade de Juiz de Fora, sendo submetidas à aplicação de um instrumento de sondagem para a identificação das avós cuidadoras. Após análise estatística dos resultados, 10 avós, com idade igual ou superior a 60 anos, foram selecionadas para a participação na segunda etapa da pesquisa, respondendo a uma entrevista semi-estruturada cujo roteiro envolveu doze perguntas distribuídas em cinco temáticas. Os resultados oriundos do instrumento de rastreamento revelaram que 80% das avós encontravam-se numa faixa etária entre 50 e 59 anos enquanto a maioria das avós idosas, 85,5%, estavam compreendidas entre a faixa etária dos 60 – 69 anos e 14,5% entre 70-79 anos. No que se refere ao estado civil, 60% das avós maduras eram casadas enquanto 54,5% das avós idosas encontravam-se em união estável. A média do número de filhos para a amostra total de avós foi de 3,49 e a média para o número de netos esteve entre 4,27. A média do número de pessoas que residiam com as avós foi de 2,72 por residência. Da amostra inicial, 6,7% das avós maduras e 32,7% das avós idosas foram identificadas como cuidadoras, enquanto 86,6% das avós maduras e 67,3% idosas foram consideradas auxiliares. Das avós idosas cuidadoras, 10 mulheres participaram da entrevista (segunda etapa da pesquisa). A análise de conteúdo dessas entrevistas evidenciou que, o trabalho e a separação dos filhos são as principais razões que motivam o cuidado dos netos pelas avós. Em relação à concepção sobre a educação e criação dos netos, as avós concebem esse papel de uma forma restritiva e diferenciada dos filhos, desempenhando-o de forma secundária. Em relação ao desenvolvimento infantil dos netos, as avós evidenciaram dificuldades relacionadas à nutrição, constituição familiar e carência dos mesmos, declarando ainda que os cuidados prestados aos netos conferem a elas mais benefícios que prejuízos. No que se refere às relações intergeracionais e familiares, as idosas consideram a velhice um marco para mudanças pessoais e funcionais na família. Os resultados permitiram concluir que as avós cuidadoras representam suporte prático para os filhos e afetivo para os netos embora desempenhem um papel secundário na educação deles. / The increasing elderly population and new cultural and theoretical constructions about the processes of aging is reconfiguring the roles assumed by older within the contemporary family. This study investigated the perception of grandparent caregivers on maternal parenting practices and monitoring of their grandchildren at school age and their views on development, education and intergenerational relationships. The research was divided into two stages. The first screening, with the participation of 70 women with mean age of 66.2 years, grandparents of children aged 7 to 10 years old, attending a private school in the city of Juiz de Fora, being subjected to the application a survey instrument for the identification of grandparents caring. After statistical analysis, 10 grandparents, aged over 60 years, were selected for participation in the second stage of the research, responding to a semi-structured interview guide which involved twelve questions divided into five themes. The results from the screening instrument showed that 80% of grandparents were in the age group between 50 and 59 years while the majority of elderly grandparents, 85.5% were between the ages of 60-69 years and 14, 5% between 70-79 years. With regard to marital status, 60% of mature grandparents were married while 54.5% of elderly grandparents were in a stable union. The average number of children for the total sample of grandparents was 3.49 and the mean number of grandchildren was between 4.27. The average number of people living with grandparents was 2.72 per household. Of the initial sample, 6.7% of grandmothers mature grandmothers and 32.7% of participants were identified as caregivers, while 86.6% of grandmothers mature and older 67.3% were considered auxiliary. Grandmas elderly caregivers, 10 women participated in the interview (the second stage of the research). The content analysis of these interviews showed that the separation of work and children are the main reasons that motivate the care of grandchildren for grandparents. For design of the education and upbringing of their grandchildren, grandmothers conceive this role in a restrictive manner, differentiated the children, playing it so secondary. In relation to child development of their grandchildren, grandmothers revealed difficulties related to nutrition, family setting and lack thereof, declare that even the care of grandchildren to give them more benefits than losses. With regard to intergenerational relationships and families, the elderly consider old age as a milestone for personal and functional changes in the family. The results showed that represent practical support grandparents caring for children and affection for their grandchildren while playing a secondary role in their education.

The purpose of this study was to build on previous descriptive research on grandparents' experiences of stress in raising their grandchildren. The research method used was a qualitative approach. The goal in utilizing a qualitative approach lay in a desire to understand the unique stress experience of grandfathers and grandmothers in raising their grandchildren, as they live it and feel it.

The purpose of this study was to explore and understand the resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background living in a predominantly black township (Mamelodi). The study further aimed to assess how the participants’ experiences have shaped their perceptions of their society. Walsh’s family resilience framework (2003) served as a conceptual framework for the study. Two grandparent-headed households were selected from an ongoing study at a nongovernmental organisation and drop-in centre in Mamelodi. A qualitative methodology was suitable for this study, because it aims to understand how the participants derive meaning from the social and cultural contexts within which they live. The two focus group discussions were conducted in isiZulu, with a translator present during the grandmothers’ focus group discussion, because one of the grandmothers spoke Xitsonga. The sessions were audio-recorded and later transcribed. The transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis in order to deduce themes that emerged from the participants’ experiences. Based on the results, a better understanding of how families from low socio-economic backbackgrounds develop their resilience was established through the themes that emerged, which were as follows: belief system, flexibility of roles and connectedness, unsupportive environment, and self-empowerment. The results were related to existing literature and Walsh’s family resilience framework. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015. / Educational Psychology / MEd

The purpose of the study was to explore and understand how orphaned adolescents in grandparent-headed households achieve healthy functioning and how they rise above unfavourable circumstances. In exploring and gaining understanding, the research was approached from an interpertivist stance as it entails an inductive qualitative enquiry suitable to gaining a better understanding of the experiences and perceptions of orphaned adolescents. A qualitative methodological design was followed to ensure that the research questions could be answered. Purposive sample selection was used to select participants for this research study. The sample included nine adolescent orphans who reside in grandparent-headed households and are affiliated with Stanza Bopape Community Centre. Data collection included biographical questions, focus group interview and semi-structured interviews. Five of the nine participants took part in a focus group interview and the remaining four participated in individual semi-structured interviews. All interviews were conducted and transcribed by the researcher. Inductive thematic analyses was utilised to identify themes which emerged from the data. The themes which emerged were: the person I am, the supportive roles in parenting, role models in my life, things that are important to me, the future in me. These themes reflect the factors which contribute to the participants’ resilience and can be deduced as the mediating factors which assist them in achieving healthy functioning. The risks identified are aligned with residing in a township and attending a township school, however these risks were not experienced as demotivating adversities for the participants. They rather viewed them as motivating factors to achieve a better future. Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological theory served as the theoretical foundation for the study and it emerged that factors which contribute to the orphaned adolescents’ resilience (maintaining factors) come from various systems. Based on the findings of the study it can be concluded that orphaned adolescents residing in grandparent-headed households, although generally of low socio-economic status, are aware of their challenges and utilise certain processes to strengthen their resilience and overcome their challenges. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2018. / Educational Psychology / MEd / Unrestricted

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This study proposed that the perceived quality of the custodial grandparent/grandchild relationship in step families will not be interrupted by the parental separation and remarriage and that the determinants of the quality of this relationship would be similar to that associated with the grandchild/grandparent relationship in intact families. The research by Shoire and Hayslip (1988) who studied grandparenting indicates that four variables are significant in this perceived relationship (in order of magnitude): kinship position (maternal versus paternal), grand parenting style, parent/grandparent bond, and influence the grandparent has on the grandchild. There same four variables were proposed to predict the perceived quality of the custodial grandparent/grandchild relationship in step families. Grandparenting style, as defined bu Shore and Hayslip (1988), is comprises of three variables, parentlike behaviors provided, services provided, and visitation patterns. To have a continuous rather than nominal value for grandparenting style and to determine which aspect of grandparenting style is most important, these three variables, parentlike behaviors, services, and visitation were used in place of grandparenting style. Therefore, this study proposed that the following variables would predict perceived quality of the custodial grandparent/grandchild relationship: kinship position,parentlike behaviors provided, services provided, visitation patterns, parent/grandparent bond, and influence the grandparent has on the grandchild. Second, this study proposed that while some variables that predict the perceived custodial stepgrandparent/stepgrandchild relationship would correspond to the variables that predict the perceived custodial grandparent/grandchild relationship, some different variables would be important in predicting the perceived quality of the custodial stepgrandchild/stepgrandparent relationship.

The occurrence of custodial grandparents is increasing greatly. These grandparents face added stress and many adversities that arise from caregiving. Findings of current research tends to be mixed on the effects of grandparents raising grandchildren experience. Much research concludes that grandparent caregivers experience negative declines in overall health and well-being, while other research points out that the caregiving role may actually be a positive experience for the grandparent. The current study hypothesizes that mixed research may be a result of varying levels of resilience in the custodial grandparent population. The model proposed in this study looks at resilience as a mediator between several variables that effect custodial grandparenting. The current sample consisted of 239 custodial grandparents. A regression/correlation analysis was conducted on the data, and it was found that resilience levels were significant in mediating the effects of grandparent caregiving.

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