Grandparent Caregivers: Promoting Positive Life Satisfaction

Globally, grandparent caregivers provide essential parenting and support to maintain family life for their grandchildren. Studies demonstrate grandparent caregivers sustain family functionality for their grandchildren often under onerous circumstances. To date, research on grandparent caregivers pre...

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Published in:International journal of health, wellness & society wellness & society, 2021, Vol.11 (1), p.159-170
Main Authors: Coleman-Reed, Freda, Nelson-Gardell, Debra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bookstores
Caregivers
Families & family life
Grandchildren
Grandparents
Life satisfaction
Open access
Parents & parenting
Peer review
Research parks
Snowball sampling
Society
Stress
Well being
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Summary:Globally, grandparent caregivers provide essential parenting and support to maintain family life for their grandchildren. Studies demonstrate grandparent caregivers sustain family functionality for their grandchildren often under onerous circumstances. To date, research on grandparent caregivers predominantly focuses on deleterious outcomes along with interventions to mediate them. By contrast, the present research study explored factors that promote positive well-being. Cross-sectional research using non-probability convenience and snowball sampling methods recruited ninety-four custodial and non-custodial grandparent caregivers. Findings indicate reported resources and choice to parent grandchildren promoted positive caregivers’ life satisfaction, and suggests further investigation concerning direct practice and research centered on factors that promote grandparent caregiver well-being, specifically life satisfaction, is warranted.
ISSN:2156-8960
2156-9053
DOI:10.18848/2156-8960/CGP/v11i01/159-170