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Family Coping and Adaptation among Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren: Author: Porterfield, Fonda K; Date: 2007-08-15; Program: Health and Human Development; Abstract: Over the past decade, grandparent caregiving, in which grandparents take on the sole custody of their grandchildren without a parent present, has been one of the fastest growing family forms in the U.S. Most studies on grandparent caregiver functioning have focused on the challenges and deficits of grandfamilies. Little research has been conducted on the adaptive processes of grandparent caregivers and the coping mechanisms they employ to deal with parenting the second time around. The current study was based on qualitative data generated from 26 in-depth, face-to-face interviews with grandpar...; Download File | View full details