"To Grandmother's House We Go": Health and School Adjustment of Children Raised Solely By Grandparents

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Listening to the Voices of Grandparents Raising Primary-Grade Grandchildren Using a Qualitative Study

“…They did report, however, that an earlier study (Kellam, Ensminger, & Turner; as cited in Solomon & Marx, 1995) suggested that grandparent involvement was positively associated with the psychological well-being and social adjustment of their grandchildren. Jones (1993) proposed that the grandparent-grandchild relationship may provide the nurturing buffer needed to mediate positive adjustment by these children.…”

“…Solomon and Marx (1995) did an epidemiological study, using data from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey, to examine the health and school adjustment of children raised by grandparents. One section of Pruchno's (1999) telephone interviews with 717 custodial grandmothers included items related to the children's behavior and academic performance.…”

“…As noted by Solomon and Marx (1995), little is known about the experiences of the grandchildren who are being raised by their grandparents. They did report, however, that an earlier study (Kellam, Ensminger, & Turner; as cited in Solomon & Marx, 1995) suggested that grandparent involvement was positively associated with the psychological well-being and social adjustment of their grandchildren.…”

“…Dubowitz and Sawyer (1994) observed that prior maltreatment by the parents, the experience of being removed from the parents' home, and the difficult fiunily situations experienced by the children prior to removal were likely to be major influences on the children's behavior and functioning. Marx and Solomon (1993) analyzed data from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey-Children's Health Supplement (NHIS-CH; as cited in Marx & Solomon, 1993;Solomon & Marx, 1995), which included a san^le of 17,110 children. Of these children, 448 were being raised solely by their grandparents.…”

“…However, little has been reported about the school performance of the children who are being raised by grandparents (Solomon & Marx, 1995). Marx and Solomon (1993) conducted a study based on archival data of 17,110 children.…”