Title

Teachers' perceptions of the emotional and behavioral functioning of children raised by grandparents

Authors

Authors

O. W. Edwards

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Psychol. Schools

Keywords

PARENTS; Psychology, Educational

Abstract

Increasing numbers of grandparents are becoming full-time surrogate parents to their grandchildren. Grandparents who raise their grandchildren reportedly endure high levels of stress, and grandchildren purportedly experience childhood trauma that can lead to poor psychological adjustment. While anecdotal reports have suggested that grandchildren experience significant behavioral problems, there is a dearth of data to empirically support this view. This research was an initial endeavor to ascertain whether teachers perceive children raised by grandparents as exhibiting serious emotional and behavioral problems. Fifty-four African American children raised by their grandparents and a comparison group of 54 African American children living with their parents were studied to determine the grandchildren's functioning. Teachers perceived the children raised by their grandparents as experiencing significantly more emotional and behavioral problems than their similar schoolmates. Children in these families appear in need of school-based intervention services. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Journal Title

Psychology in the Schools

Volume

43

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

565

Last Page

572

WOS Identifier

WOS:000237165700004

ISSN

0033-3085

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