Social Support, Coping, and Positive Perceptions as Potential Protective Factors for the Well-Being of Mothers of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Halstead, Elizabeth J.; Griffith, Gemma M.; Hastings, Richard P.
Titel	Social Support, Coping, and Positive Perceptions as Potential Protective Factors for the Well-Being of Mothers of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Quelle	In: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 64 (2018) 4-5, S.288-296 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2047-3869
DOI	10.1080/20473869.2017.1329192
Schlagwörter	Social Support Groups; Coping; Positive Attitudes; Well Being; Mothers; Intellectual Disability; Children; Developmental Disabilities; Adolescents; Behavior Problems; Emotional Problems; Depression (Psychology); Life Satisfaction; Affective Behavior; Intervention; Foreign Countries; Anxiety; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Bewältigung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Mother; Mutter; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Entwicklungsstörung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Lebensvollendung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Ausland; Angst; Großbritannien
Abstract	Objectives: Behavioral and emotional problems exhibited by children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have been identified as significant stressors for family members in both cross-sectional and longitudinal research. However, there is variability in the extent to which family members are affected by behavioral and emotional problems. In the present study, we explored whether perceived social support, positive perceptions, or coping style explain some of this variability and specifically whether these three variables function as protective factors.Methods: One hundred and thirty-eight mothers of children aged between four and 18 years old with IDD participated in a cross-sectional survey. Results: Using moderated multiple regression models, we found consistent evidence that perceived social support functioned as a protective factor -- affecting the relationship between child behavioral and emotional problems and maternal depression, life satisfaction, and positive affect. There was no evidence that coping and positive perceptions acted as a protective factors. Conclusion: Building social support through parental interventions, especially in families of children with behavioral and emotional problems, may result in improved well-being for mothers of children with IDD. (As Provided).
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