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Custodial Grandmothers Raising Children With Disabilities And The Stressors They Face, Kanika Oni Kisero
Custodial Grandmothers Raising Children With Disabilities And The Stressors They Face, Kanika Oni Kisero
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ABSTRACT
Stressors that custodial grandmothers face while raising children with disabilities can be more overwhelming compared to stressors experienced by grandmothers of non-disabled children. Strategies and various supports were looked into in order to determine how custodial grandmothers practice self-care so they may experience positive mental health outcomes. A purposive sample of custodial grandmothers was surveyed and the results obtained provided some support on how self-care is and is not practiced in order to manage stress. This study resulted in non-significant findings, which did not support the hypotheses. Additional analysis was used to gauge levels of stress, but could not …