GRANDPARENTS' INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT IN FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

被引:33
作者
Lee, Misuk [2 ]
Gardner, J. Emmett [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oklahoma, Jeannine Rainbolt Coll Educ, Dept Educ Psychol, Norman, OK 73018 USA
[2] Uiduk Univ, Dept Special Educ, Gyeongju, South Korea
关键词
YOUNG-CHILDREN; INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT; PANAMANIAN GRANDMOTHERS; PHYSICAL-DISABILITIES; EARLY INTERVENTION; MATERNAL STRESS; CHRONIC ILLNESS; DOWN-SYNDROME; PARENTS; MOTHERS;
D O I
10.1080/03601270903212419
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
This study reviews recent literature related to grandparents' involvement and support for grandchildren with disabilities and their grandchildrens' family. The literature reveals that grandparents' initial reactions are similar to parents' reactions of shock, anger, and grief when they learn a grandchild has a disability. Over time, grandparents become involved in their grandchild's family system, providing practical and emotional support. Factors that influence grandparents' support and involvement include residential proximity, their level of understanding of their grandchild's disability, and the affective solidarity between them and their adult child who is the parent of the grandchild. Grandparents' support and involvement is promoted when they have access to accurate information regarding their grandchild's disability, experience good communication exists between them and their adult child, and when support groups or workshops are available to them in their community. A variety of unexplored areas are identified where additional and longitudinal research may yield new and interesting information regarding our understanding of factors that effect grandparents' involvement and support in families with children with disabilities.
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页码:467 / 499
页数:33
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