Date
Spring 2017
Document Type
Poster Session
Department
Social Work
Advisor
Caroline
Second Advisor
Shanti
Keywords
Thinking Matters
Abstract
According to the 2003 U.S Census approximately 2.4 million children are being raised solely by their Grandparents(Bunch, Eastman, & Griffin, 2007). With this number steadily increasing it is imperative that a greater understanding be developed to understand the social and psychological factors that lead grandparents to become kinship providers. This study examined the psychological and social factors that grandparent kinship providers experience impacting their lives on multiple levels. The Adoptive Foster Families of Maine and the Kinship Program was contacted and allowed the researcher to reach out to grandparent kinship providers who were interested in the study to conduct semi-structured interviews and distribute surveys.
Start Date
4-28-2017 9:00 AM
Recommended Citation
Santamaria, Arsenio, "Examining Psychological and Social Factors of Grandparent Kinship Providers" (2017). Thinking Matters Symposium Archive. 50.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/thinking_matters/50
