Well-Being and Support Systems of Taiwanese Mothers of Young Children with Developmental Disabilities

Autor/in	Ho, Tzu-Hua
Titel	Well-Being and Support Systems of Taiwanese Mothers of Young Children with Developmental Disabilities
Quelle	(2013), (74 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Riverside
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3032-9190-6
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Foreign Countries; Social Support Groups; Mothers; Well Being; Developmental Disabilities; Check Lists; Child Behavior; Behavior Problems; Adjustment (to Environment); Correlation; Models; Behavior Rating Scales; Stress Variables; Regression (Statistics); Measures (Individuals); Health; Intervention; Parent Child Relationship; Taiwan; Parenting Stress Index; Child Behavior Checklist; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Ausland; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Mother; Mutter; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Entwicklungsstörung; Checkliste; Korrelation; Analogiemodell; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Messdaten; Gesundheit; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	This study investigated the influences of children's adaptive skills, problem behaviors, and parent support systems (informal support and formal professional support) on maternal well-being (health and stress) in Taiwanese mothers of young children with developmental disabilities. The study examined the moderating effects of formal support and informal support on the relationship between child characteristics and maternal well-being. The theoretical framework of this study is based on the Double ABCX model of Family Adjustments and Adaptation Response (FAAR) (McCubbin & Patterson, 1982, 1983). An ABX model based on the Double ABCX model was used in this study for investigating the relationships among child characteristics, support systems, and maternal well-being in Taiwan. One hundred and twenty mothers of young children with developmental disabilities between 3 and 5 years of age participated in this study. Children's adaptive skills and problem behaviors were measured using the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and the Child Behavior Checklist. The Family Support Scale was used to collect information about mothers' perceived helpfulness of two types of support. The Parenting Stress Index was used to measure mothers' stress. The 36- item Short Form Health Survey was chosen to assess maternal health. Regressions and general linear models (GLM) were tested to examine the moderating effects of supports on the associations between child characteristics and maternal well-being. Consistent with the literature in U.S. and other countries, the child-related parenting stress was significantly associated with child problem behavior. Results suggest that the perceived informal support is a significant moderator for the impact of child problem behavior on parenting stress. Mothers of children with more severe problem behaviors reported lower stress when they perceived better informal support. Different effects of formal and informal supports were discussed. It is important to consider both child characteristics and mothers' concerns for providing effective early intervention services and appropriate supports to families of children with developmental disabilities. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01