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Behavior Problems In Children Raised By Grandmothers: The Role Of Caregiver Distress, Family Resosurces, And The Home Environment, Susan Kelley, Deborah Whitley, Peter Campos

Deborah M. Whitley

Over the past few decades there has been a dramatic increase in children being raised by grandparents due to a variety of factors including child maltreatment, parental abandonment, substance abuse, and incarceration. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent of behavior problems in children being raised by grandmothers and to determine factors in their current environment that are related to child behavior problems. The study draws on McCubbin's resiliency model of family stress, adjustment and adaptation. The sample comprised of 230 children ages 2 to 16 years who were being raised by grandmothers in parentabsent homes. The …