Male kinship caregivers: Do they differ from their female counterparts?

Denby, Ramona W.; Brinson, Jesse A.; Cross, Chad L.; Bowmer, Allison

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.09.003

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“…These issues were especially problematic for low-income fathers of color (Hamer & Marchioro, 2002). Research suggests that single fathers are vulnerable to multiple forms of psychological distress, including depression, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorders (Denby et al, 2014). There also is some evidence that substance abuse may be elevated among young single fathers (Meadows, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Earlier studies often included small, nonrepresentative samples, and often did not distinguish between grandfathers raising grandchildren alone versus grandfathers who share parental responsibility with a spouse or partner. Several studies suggest that custodial grandfathers appear to show a readiness or willingness to serve in the surrogate parenting role, despite concerns about their declining physical health or their ability to financially support their grandchildren long term (Bullock, 2005;Denby, Brinson, Cross, & Bowmer, 2014;Hayslip & Page, 2012). There is evidence that custodial grandfathers may have different origins of mental stress compared with custodial grandmothers.…”

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The Health of the Nation’s Custodial Grandfathers and Older Single Fathers: Findings From the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System

Whitley

Fuller‐Thomson

2015

Am J Mens Health

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Two important parent groups are solo grandfathers and single fathers raising children alone. The health of male caregivers raising children has received little attention by scholars. Investigating the health of single male caregivers raises awareness about their physical vulnerability. This study uses the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare health characteristics of 82 solo grandfathers with 396 single fathers aged 50 years and older. The findings suggest that grandfathers exhibited a high prevalence for various health conditions, including diabetes (44%), heart attack (27%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (23%), and stroke (6%). Almost half of grandfathers rated their health as fair/poor (47%), and nearly two in five had functional limitations (38%). Although older single fathers had better health characteristics than grandfathers, their health profile was poorer than population norms. Logistic regression analysis suggests that solo grandfathers are more at risk for poor health outcomes than older single fathers. Practice interventions to minimize health risks are discussed.

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confidence: 99%

The Health of the Nation’s Custodial Grandfathers and Older Single Fathers: Findings From the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System

Whitley

Fuller‐Thomson

2015

Am J Mens Health

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“…However, this was not confirmed in another lab [6] and testosterone appeared to have more an effect on pre-school girls than boys [7]. Likewise, another recent study showed that men were just as caring as women and that caring was more dependent on marital status and ethnicity, educational achievement, income and the caring load [8]. Moreover, in a boy-only sample, boys with ASD were just as empathic as a control group of boys, and both were more empathic than boys with psychopathic tendencies [9].…”

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confidence: 88%

Sex Differences as a Statistical Variable

Lange-Küttner¹

2017

Gender Differences in Different Contexts

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Gender differences are often seen as either biologically determined or culturally acquired or conditioned. However, in an age where gender equality is the main target, neither peer reviewers nor students show much interest in gender differences. Moreover, not only do people try to integrate their 'ying' and 'yang' in their personalities also transgender identities are publicly acknowledged, appreciated and respected. Thus, in this chapter, I argue that we need to downgrade gender differences to a statistical variable that explains variance, sharpens statistical effects and reveals strategies. I am giving examples from my developmental psychology research where the split-sample analysis by gender showed amazing and often unexpected effects.

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“…Women tend to help their partner to maintain his independence and role, whereas men tend to express anger and to become protectors of their wives (Courts, Newton, & McNeal, ). However, as a consequence of the traditional societal norms about gender behaviors and of the prevalence of women as caregivers, the experiences of men are notably overlooked (Denby, Brinson, Cross, & Bowmer, ).…”

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confidence: 99%