title: Evaluating an Online Resourcefulness Training Intervention Pilot Test Using Six Critical Parameters.
abstract: Few resources are available to help grandmother caregivers to grandchildren manage their complex family situations that may have immediate and long-term consequences for themselves and their families. Resourcefulness training is an intervention designed to help grandmothers improve their ability to deal with these problems. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the necessity, feasibility, acceptability, fidelity, safety, and effectiveness (i.e., effect sizes) of an online, computer-based resourcefulness training intervention that was adapted from a face-to-face intervention. Twelve grandmothers raising or living with grandchildren participated in the pilot intervention that included (a) watching an instructional video on resourcefulness, (b) completing two online questionnaires over a 6-week time period, and (c) writing in an online journal every day for 4 weeks. Data are evaluated within the context of the six parameters important to intervention development. Qualitative and quantitative results provide initial support for all six parameters. Recommendations to improve aspects of the intervention are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA cmm4@cwru.edu.
authors.forename: Carol M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Musil
authors.affiliation: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Jaclene A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Zauszniewski
authors.affiliation: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA Cleveland Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Geriatric Research, Educational, Clinical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Burant
authors.affiliation: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Valerie B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Toly
authors.affiliation: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Camille B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Warner
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: caregiver stress; critical parameters; custodial grandparent; grandparenthood; pilot test; stress management