Mothers' Stress, Resilience and Early Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Margalit, M.; Kleitman, T.
Titel	Mothers' Stress, Resilience and Early Intervention
Quelle	In: European Journal of Special Needs Education, 21 (2006) 3, S.269-283 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-6257
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Anxiety; Personality Traits; Early Intervention; Program Effectiveness; Coping; Child Rearing; Foreign Countries; Stress Variables; Developmental Disabilities; Infants; Young Children; Down Syndrome; Israel (Jerusalem); Parenting Stress Index + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Angst; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Bewältigung; Kindererziehung; Ausland; Entwicklungsstörung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom
Abstract	The aim of the study was to examine factors that predict maternal stress, reported by mothers whose infants were diagnosed as having developmental disabilities at the beginning of participating in an early intervention programme "Me and My Mommy" and after one year. A second goal was to identify and to portray a subgroup of resilient mothers. The sample consisted of 70 mothers from intact families, whose infants were diagnosed mostly with Down's syndrome. All mothers were receiving early intervention services. The mothers were presented questionnaires--"Sense of coherence" (SOC); "Family adaptability and cohesion evaluation" (FACES III); "Coping scale of parenting stress index" (PSI-SF), at the beginning and at the end of the year. They were also interviewed at the end of the intervention regarding their satisfaction with the programme. The results showed that at the beginning of the year, the mother's sense of coherence had predicted the stress experience. After a year of participation in the intervention, in addition to the contributions of the initial stress and the mothers' satisfaction with the intervention programme, the following variables: the mothers' sense of coherence, coping style and family cohesion, assessed at the beginning of the intervention, were considered. A group of resilient mothers was identified and they revealed following intervention a higher sense of coherence, lower stress, an increased family cohesion and decreased family adaptation measures. The results have implications for the planning of effective intervention programmes. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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