title: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Synthetic Review and Theoretical Model for Interventions.
abstract: The number of custodial grandparents has increased significantly over the past decade. Building on Hayslip's and Kaminski's comprehensive review of the literature on custodial grandparenting, we conducted an updated review of the literature, in particular peer-reviewed journal articles published since 2004. We have developed a conceptual model to contribute to understanding the causes and consequences of custodial grandparenting, using the stress-coping framework while highlighting the emerging issues related to contemporary grandfamilies such as cultural and ethnic heterogeneity in grandfamilies. We also emphasized loss, grief, and trauma among grandfamilies and provided the implications for effective public and community health programs.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea (Dr Choi); College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington (Dr Choi); College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky, Lexington (Dr Sprang); and Center on Trauma and Children, University of Kentucky, Lexington (Drs Sprang and Eslinger).
authors.forename: Moon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Ginny
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sprang
authors.forename: Jessica G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Eslinger
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D003469:Culture; D000066502:Grandparents / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological