The Consequences of Caring: Effects of Mothering a Child with Special Needs

Autor/inn/en	Leiter, Valerie; Krauss, Marty Wyngaarden; Anderson, Betsy; Wells, Nora
Titel	The Consequences of Caring: Effects of Mothering a Child with Special Needs
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 25 (2004) 3, S.379-403 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X03257415
Schlagwörter	Employed Women; Employment Level; Mothers; Labor Force; Children; Disabilities; Chronic Illness; Health Needs; Individual Characteristics; Family Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Beschäftigungsgrad; Mother; Mutter; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Handicap; Behinderung; Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	This article broadens our knowledge about family caregiving across the life course by examining caregiving and employment effects experienced by women with children with special needs, using data from a survey conducted in 1998-1999. Almost one fifth of the mothers provide at least 20 hours a week of home health care to these children. More than half of the mothers in the labor force report an employment effect in the form of reducing their hours, and more than half of the mothers at home full-time report ceasing paid employment due to their children's needs. Experiencing these effects was most strongly associated with the child's health characteristics. The caregiving provided by mothers of children with special needs occurs at a formative stage of their lives and may be intense and of long duration. These mothers' experiences should be included in the current research and theories about family caregiving across the life course. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10