Patterns and Predictors of Support Group Use by Custodial Grandmothers and Grandchildren.

摘要: Despite increasing popularity of support groups for custodial grandfamilies, the few published studies to date raise questions regarding actual group usage and disregard predictors such use. This study examined patterns self-reported use, need, unmet need both grandparent grandchild groups. In addition, Andersen Social Behavioral Model was used identify predisposing, enabling, factors that predicted use in a national sample 733 grandfamilies recruited by either convenience or population-based strategies. Reported were lower sample, varied sampling strategy. The findings are discussed terms how they inform service providers researchers influence grandfamilies.