Choy Ching-win Winnie. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-64). / Abstracts in English and Chinese ; questionnaire in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / List of Tables --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Literature Review --- p.3 / Research on grandparenthood meanings / Related issues regarding grandparenthood meanings / Cultural specificity: Hong Kong grandparents / Chapter Chapter Three --- "Objective, Research Questions and Hypotheses" --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Methodology and Results --- p.16 / Study 1: Focus Group Discussions / Method / Purpose / Participants / Procedure / Collection of ideas / Generation of scale items / Results / Study 2: Questionnaire Interviews / Method / Purpose / Participants / Procedure / Statistical Analysis / Results / Item examination / Exploratory Factor Analysis / Study 3: Validation of the Chinese Grandparenthood Meanings Scale / Method / Purpose / Measures / Chinese versions of scales / Statistical Analysis / Results / Demographic variables and Grandparenthood Meanings / Validity measures and Grandparenthood Meanings / Chapter Chapter Five --- Discussion --- p.43 / Relationship between Grandparenthood Meanings and Demographic Variables / Relationship between Grandparenthood Meanings and Chinese Traditional Values / Relationship between Grandparenthood Meanings and Psychological well-being / Limitations of the Study / Practical Implications / References --- p.57 / Appendix --- p.65 / Questionnaire used in the Study

Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Texas, Dec., 2009. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Current research shows that grandparents have made significant contributions to at-risk families. However, few studies have examined the benefits of grandparenting in non-at-risk populations. This study considered whether emotional involvement with a grandparent is associated with prosocial behavior in adolescent grandchildren and examines the mediating role of empathy and perspective taking. A longitudinal sample of 500 participants were taken from waves two thru five of the Flourishing Families Project (FFP) and used to construct a latent growth curve model. Results indicate that emotional involvement with a grandparent was positively linked with initial levels of prosocial behavior in grandchildren. Furthermore, results indicated that empathy and perspective taking partially mediated the connection between grandparent's involvement and the initial levels of prosocial behavior in their grandchildren. Discussion focuses on the distinct contribution grandparents give to families.

This cross-sectional study compared three groups of grandparents, two custodial and one noncustodial, to identify and delineate the unique challenges and expectations faced by custodial grandparents due to their nontraditional roles while attempting to disentangle grandparental role demands from child-specific problems as sources of distress. Those grandparents raising grandchildren demonstrating neurological, physical, emotional, or behavioral problems exhibited the most distress, the most disruption of roles, and the most deteriorated grandparent-grandchild relationships. Although the custodial grandparents raising apparently normal grandchildren demonstrated less distress, less disruption of roles, and less deterioration of the grandparent-grandchild relationship than those grandparents raising grandchildren displaying problems, they still demonstrated higher levels than did traditional grandparents. Those grandparents who reported fewer resources, demonstrated poor attitudes regarding seeking mental health services, and reported raising grandchildren displaying problems had the lowest levels of adjustment.

Siu Man Yee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-48). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract (English) --- p.ii / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.iii / List of Tables --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Terror management theory --- p.2 / Socioemotional selectivity theory --- p.6 / "TMT, SST & Grandparenthood" --- p.9 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Method --- p.15 / Participants --- p.15 / Measures --- p.16 / Chinese versions of scales --- p.19 / Procedure --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Results --- p.21 / Results: test the hypothesis with whole scale --- p.21 / Results: with FTPS subscales --- p.27 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- DISCUSSION --- p.35 / Death anxiety as a motivating force --- p.35 / Time perspective for the elderly --- p.39 / References --- p.43

Thesis (M.A. (Psychology)) --University of Limpopo, 2013 / HIV/AIDS is devastating and fatal to working adults in the prime of their lives, thus leaving the responsibility of caring for the orphans to their grandparents. This study explored the experiences of grandparents assuming the role of parenting their AIDSorphaned grandchildren in Lephalale, South Africa. Phenomenological face-face interviews were conducted with ten elderly, black African grandmothers between the ages of 55 and 71. The participating women were self-identified as carers for their AIDS-orphaned grandchildren. The challenges the participant grandmothers faced in caring for their grandchildren were identified as the following: recurrent experiences of loss and grief, lack of social support, fear of stigmatization, financial constraints, mental health and physical strain, difficulty in acquiring state social grants, emotional distress, the caring role being divinely ordained and the rejection of orphans by their biological fathers. Recommendations are advanced on the basis of the findings.

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Using a grounded theory approach (Strauss & Corbin, 1990), this study produced a conceptual framework for exploring the relationships between grandmothers and the grandchildren they are raising. Twenty-one grandmothers and grandchildren were engaged in in-depth interviews. grandmothers had legal custody of the participating grandchildren for at least the last six months. Grandchildren were between the ages of 7 and 14. Data were analyzed using open coding, axial coding, and selected coding. Four of the seven grandmothers were found to have a similar pattern due in large part to their daughters having a long history of drug addiction. These four grandmothers are the focus of the model. The remaining three grandmothers have dissimilar situations, but support the model as well. The study proposed a three-phase model of the relationships. These phases included: rescuer/protector, caregiver/provider, and mother/advocate. The model described movement from each phase through contextual conditions. The mother/advocate phase became the most developed phase of the model. Eight strategies used by the grandmothers to manage the mother/advocate phase are proposed. In addition, seven intervening conditions were identified that either constrain or enhance the strategies.

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.