Megan L Dolbin-Macnab
Biographic Data
| ID | 379223 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan L Dolbin-Macnab |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan L |
| FAMILY NAME | Dolbin-Macnab |
| SIGNATURE | DOLBIN-MACNAB M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Human Development and Family Science, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, Virginia , USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Does Social Intelligence Training Improve Daily Well-Being and Responsiveness to Daily Negative and Positive Events in Custodial Grandmothers
Our findings illustrate that SIT improves key components of daily functioning in CGM, which may serve as a pathway linking the demands of custodial grandparenting to poorer mental and physical health. Our discussion focuses on the utility and accessibility of the SIT program for helping improve outcomes for this disadvantaged population.Clinical Trials Registration Number: NCT03239977
The Dynamics of Daily Life in Custodial Grandmothers
In accordance with the life-course perspective, our findings illustrate how the timing of being a CGM (age) and the cumulative nature of development (ACEs) affect daily well-being and negative and positive events for CGM. Our discussion focuses on resources to consider when building resilience-focused interventions for promoting the health and well-being of CGM
The role of social services in reunified custodial grandfamilies
The impact of the Medicare mental health coverage gap on rural mental health care access
Feminist-Informed Protective Factors for Subthreshold Eating Disorders
Despite knowledge that the larger sociocultural context contributes to the development of eating disorders, few studies have examined protective factors for women with subthreshold eating disorders. Using feminist-informed constructivist grounded theory methodology, 15 women (ages 18–25 years) with subthreshold eating disorders were interviewed. Results suggest that participants spoke of their subthreshold eating disorders in an externalized way …
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In this manuscript, we update the literature over the last decade in addressing several new content areas that have emerged in the grandfamilies literature, along with issues that are still important to understanding grandparents raising their grandchildren today. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The social science and gerontological literature since 2004 was accessed, reviewed, organized topically, and integrated, based up…
How Clients of Marriage and Family Therapists Make Decisions About Therapy Discontinuation and Persistence
Dumela Mma
Grandmothers serve as primary care-givers for a significant number of South African children. Previous research has documented that South African grandmothers experience physical, financial, emotional and social adversity. However, less attention has been given to South African grandmothers' resilience, or their capacity to respond to the challenges associated with raising their grandchildren. Utilising Walsh's (2003; 2012) family resilience mode…
Bridging the Generations
Despite continued growth in the number of kinship care families, little is known about the experiences of the children. This retrospective study, which was informed by the perspective of intergenerational ambivalence, examined how adults who were raised by grandparents or great-grandparents experienced their relationships with their caregivers. It also explored how these intergenerational relationships evolved over time and were influenced by the…
Dumela Mma
Grandmothers serve as primary care-givers for a significant number of South African children. Previous research has documented that South African grandmothers experience physical, financial, emotional and social adversity. However, less attention has been given to South African grandmothers' resilience, or their capacity to respond to the challenges associated with raising their grandchildren. Utilising Walsh's (2003; 2012) family resilience mode…
Bridging the Generations
Despite continued growth in the number of kinship care families, little is known about the experiences of the children. This retrospective study, which was informed by the perspective of intergenerational ambivalence, examined how adults who were raised by grandparents or great-grandparents experienced their relationships with their caregivers. It also explored how these intergenerational relationships evolved over time and were influenced by the…
The role of social services in reunified custodial grandfamilies
Bridging the Generations
Despite continued growth in the number of kinship care families, little is known about the experiences of the children. This retrospective study, which was informed by the perspective of intergenerational ambivalence, examined how adults who were raised by grandparents or great-grandparents experienced their relationships with their caregivers. It also explored how these intergenerational relationships evolved over time and were influenced by the…
Dumela Mma
Grandmothers serve as primary care-givers for a significant number of South African children. Previous research has documented that South African grandmothers experience physical, financial, emotional and social adversity. However, less attention has been given to South African grandmothers' resilience, or their capacity to respond to the challenges associated with raising their grandchildren. Utilising Walsh's (2003; 2012) family resilience mode…
How Clients of Marriage and Family Therapists Make Decisions About Therapy Discontinuation and Persistence
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In this manuscript, we update the literature over the last decade in addressing several new content areas that have emerged in the grandfamilies literature, along with issues that are still important to understanding grandparents raising their grandchildren today. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The social science and gerontological literature since 2004 was accessed, reviewed, organized topically, and integrated, based up…
The impact of the Medicare mental health coverage gap on rural mental health care access
Feminist-Informed Protective Factors for Subthreshold Eating Disorders
Despite knowledge that the larger sociocultural context contributes to the development of eating disorders, few studies have examined protective factors for women with subthreshold eating disorders. Using feminist-informed constructivist grounded theory methodology, 15 women (ages 18–25 years) with subthreshold eating disorders were interviewed. Results suggest that participants spoke of their subthreshold eating disorders in an externalized way …
The Dynamics of Daily Life in Custodial Grandmothers
In accordance with the life-course perspective, our findings illustrate how the timing of being a CGM (age) and the cumulative nature of development (ACEs) affect daily well-being and negative and positive events for CGM. Our discussion focuses on resources to consider when building resilience-focused interventions for promoting the health and well-being of CGM
The role of social services in reunified custodial grandfamilies
Does Social Intelligence Training Improve Daily Well-Being and Responsiveness to Daily Negative and Positive Events in Custodial Grandmothers
Our findings illustrate that SIT improves key components of daily functioning in CGM, which may serve as a pathway linking the demands of custodial grandparenting to poorer mental and physical health. Our discussion focuses on the utility and accessibility of the SIT program for helping improve outcomes for this disadvantaged population.Clinical Trials Registration Number: NCT03239977
Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (6 works) · Grandparent (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (3 works) · Family Support in Illness (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works)