The Twelve Ds
An Update to Edwards and Benson’s Reasons for Non-Parental Caregiving
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15464628 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Acacia R Lopez (Mississippi State University), Danielle K Nadorff (0000-0001-7091-0614, Mississippi State University, corresponding author), Delaney Peters (Mississippi State University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 5618-5618 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph20095618 |
| PMID | 37174138 |
| OpenAlex | W4366814722 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
This qualitative study examined the prevalence of the "Nine Ds," a framework developed by Edwards and Benson for understanding the heterogeneity of reasons for which grandparents assume care of grandchildren (i.e., death, disease, detention, divorce, departure, drugs, desertion, delivery, deployment) in a contemporary sample. Using a nationwide sample of custodial grandparents ( N = 322) and foster parents (N = 105) , caregivers were asked their reason for assuming care of the grandchild or foster child within their care. The results of the study suggest that the Nine Ds are a useful framework, but accounted for only 21.74% of responses, indicating the Nine Ds fail to capture many of the reasons for assuming care. Three new themes-dollars, duty, and daily grind-were identified using semantic thematic analysis and are applicable to both grandfamilies and foster families. These themes represent different motivations for assuming care and provide insight into the social structures that may act as barriers to family formation. This study provides a foundation for future research examining the impact of assumed care by non-parental attachment figures on the health and well-being of both grandchildren and foster children
Developmental psychology · Foster care · Grandchild · Grandparent · Qualitative research · Sample (material · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Child Welfare and Adoption · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology
Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren
Risk of Psychological Difficulties Among Children Raised by Custodial Grandparents
Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren
Mental health of children in foster and kinship care in New South Wales, Australia
Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders Among Older Youths in the Foster Care System
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Does Living with Grandparents Affect Children’s and Adolescents’ Health? Evidence from China
Five Approaches to Qualitative Comparison Groups in Health Research
Mental/behavioural health and educational outcomes of grandchildren raised by custodial grandparents
An attachment perspective on grandparents raising their very young grandchildren
How Can You Retire When You Still Got a Kid in School?”
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Recruiting large online samples in the United States and India
The need to belong
A Profile of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren as a Result of Parental Military Deployment
The Coming Divorce Decline
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |