Deborah Whitley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4102330 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah Whitley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitley |
| SIGNATURE | WHITLEY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1590-4649 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Tanf Leavers and Debt
This exploratory study measured the types and amounts of debt experienced by families in Georgia that exited Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) between 2009 and 2015. The research employed a cross-sectional, descriptive, survey research design. A sample of 87 participants was interviewed individually and self-reported their levels of consumer debt. The median level of debt across the entire sample was $7,000. The largest category of d…
The Influence of Covid-19 Health and Behavioral Demands on Custodial Grandparents’ Self-Care and Emotional Well-Being
An intervention to improve the well-being of families in which African American grandmothers are raising grandchildren
Differential Impact of an Intervention for Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren
An increasing number of grandparents are assuming full-time parenting responsibilities for grandchildren when birth parents are unable to do so. This raises concern given the body of research that indicates grandparents raising grandchildren have a propensity for relatively high levels of psychological distress. The purpose of this present study was to determine the efficacy of a home-based, multidisciplinary intervention designed to decrease psy…
Behavior problems in children raised by grandmothers
Results of an Interdisciplinary Intervention to Improve the Psychosocial Well-Being and Physical Functioning of African American Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren
This paper describes the effects of an interdisciplinary intervention designed to enhance family adaptation toward stress of grandmothers raising grandchildren by improving their psychosocial well-being and physical functioning. Participants were predominantly low-income, African American grandmothers raising one or more grandchildren in parent-absent households in an urban area in the southeast. The intervention consisted of social work and nurs…
Psychological distress in grandmother kinship care providers
Legislators' Perceptions about Poverty
This study sought to explore legislators perspectives about causes of poverty. Members of the Georgia General Assembly rated the importance of 10 behavioral and structural explanations of poverty, and indicated whether they thought poor women and children would be better served under AFDC or TANF. Whereas all groups of legislators found behavioral explanations moderately important, there was significant variation by race, gender, and political pa…
Behavior problems in children raised by grandmothers
Differential Impact of an Intervention for Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren
An increasing number of grandparents are assuming full-time parenting responsibilities for grandchildren when birth parents are unable to do so. This raises concern given the body of research that indicates grandparents raising grandchildren have a propensity for relatively high levels of psychological distress. The purpose of this present study was to determine the efficacy of a home-based, multidisciplinary intervention designed to decrease psy…
Results of an Interdisciplinary Intervention to Improve the Psychosocial Well-Being and Physical Functioning of African American Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren
This paper describes the effects of an interdisciplinary intervention designed to enhance family adaptation toward stress of grandmothers raising grandchildren by improving their psychosocial well-being and physical functioning. Participants were predominantly low-income, African American grandmothers raising one or more grandchildren in parent-absent households in an urban area in the southeast. The intervention consisted of social work and nurs…
The Influence of Covid-19 Health and Behavioral Demands on Custodial Grandparents’ Self-Care and Emotional Well-Being
Legislators' Perceptions about Poverty
This study sought to explore legislators perspectives about causes of poverty. Members of the Georgia General Assembly rated the importance of 10 behavioral and structural explanations of poverty, and indicated whether they thought poor women and children would be better served under AFDC or TANF. Whereas all groups of legislators found behavioral explanations moderately important, there was significant variation by race, gender, and political pa…
Legislators' Perceptions about Poverty
This study sought to explore legislators perspectives about causes of poverty. Members of the Georgia General Assembly rated the importance of 10 behavioral and structural explanations of poverty, and indicated whether they thought poor women and children would be better served under AFDC or TANF. Whereas all groups of legislators found behavioral explanations moderately important, there was significant variation by race, gender, and political pa…
Psychological distress in grandmother kinship care providers
Results of an Interdisciplinary Intervention to Improve the Psychosocial Well-Being and Physical Functioning of African American Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren
This paper describes the effects of an interdisciplinary intervention designed to enhance family adaptation toward stress of grandmothers raising grandchildren by improving their psychosocial well-being and physical functioning. Participants were predominantly low-income, African American grandmothers raising one or more grandchildren in parent-absent households in an urban area in the southeast. The intervention consisted of social work and nurs…
Behavior problems in children raised by grandmothers
Differential Impact of an Intervention for Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren
An increasing number of grandparents are assuming full-time parenting responsibilities for grandchildren when birth parents are unable to do so. This raises concern given the body of research that indicates grandparents raising grandchildren have a propensity for relatively high levels of psychological distress. The purpose of this present study was to determine the efficacy of a home-based, multidisciplinary intervention designed to decrease psy…
An intervention to improve the well-being of families in which African American grandmothers are raising grandchildren
The Influence of Covid-19 Health and Behavioral Demands on Custodial Grandparents’ Self-Care and Emotional Well-Being
Tanf Leavers and Debt
This exploratory study measured the types and amounts of debt experienced by families in Georgia that exited Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) between 2009 and 2015. The research employed a cross-sectional, descriptive, survey research design. A sample of 87 participants was interviewed individually and self-reported their levels of consumer debt. The median level of debt across the entire sample was $7,000. The largest category of d…
Psychology (8 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Grandparent (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Distress (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (3 works)