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The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 57:P444-P452 (2002)
© 2002 The Gerontological Society of America

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Psychological Well-Being of Black and White Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren

Examination of a Two-Factor Model

Rachel A. Pruchnoa and Dorothy McKenneya

a Initiatives on Aging, Boston College, Newton, Massachusetts

Rachel A. Pruchno, Initiatives on Aging, Boston College, 885 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02459 E-mail: pruchno{at}bc.edu.

Decision Editor: Margie E. Lachman, PhD

A theoretical model predicting the positive and negative affect of caregiving grandmothers was tested with a sample of 867 grandmothers caring for a grandchild in households that did not include either of the grandchild's parents. Results confirm that the principles guiding a two-factor model of psychological well-being operate at the level of subjective role appraisals. Unique predictors of positive and negative affect as well as unique predictors of caregiving satisfaction and burden were identified. The stability of the model for Black and White grandmothers highlights the similarity of the experience across race.




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