The present study examines the impact of change processes on outcomes in a solution-based thinking and goal-setting intervention for grandparents raising their grandchildren. We found that across the 6 program sessions there was stability and/or increases in the salience of hypothesized change processes, i.e., hopefulness about the future, solution-based thinking, positive thoughts about one's grandchild, multiple indicators of decisional personal goal-setting regarding one's own well-being and grandchild relationship quality. Indicators of change processes were for the most part, related to both post-program outcomes as well as to pre-post program outcome difference scores. Regression analyses suggested that change processes in many cases partially mediated pre-post primary program outcome scores. These data suggest that how grandmother caregivers think about themselves and their grandchildren and their approach to setting personal goals are key change processes explaining the impact of a solution-based, goal-setting intervention on them.

本研究探讨了变革过程对祖父母抚养孙子女的基于解决方案的思维和目标设定干预结果的影响。我们发现，在 6 个计划会议中，假设的变化过程的稳定性和/或显着性增加，即对未来的希望、基于解决方案的思维、对孙子的积极想法、多个决策性个人目标设定指标自己的幸福和孙辈的关系质量。变革过程的指标大部分与项目后结果以及项目后结果差异分数相关。回归分析表明，在许多情况下，变化过程部分地介导了前期初级项目结果得分。