Mothers of Young Adults with Intellectual Disability: Multiple Roles, Ethnicity and Well-Being

Autor/inn/en	Eisenhower, A.; Blacher, J.
Titel	Mothers of Young Adults with Intellectual Disability: Multiple Roles, Ethnicity and Well-Being
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50 (2006) 12, S.905-916 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-2633
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00913.x
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Mental Retardation; Ethnicity; Well Being; Acculturation; Behavior Problems; Unemployment; Family Work Relationship; Socioeconomic Status; Anglo Americans; Hispanic Americans; Mothers; Adjustment (to Environment); Sex Role; Marital Status; Mental Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Geistige Behinderung; Ethnizität; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Akkulturation; Arbeitslosigkeit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Mother; Mutter; Geschlechterrolle; Familienstand; Psychohygiene
Abstract	Background: Two opposing perspectives--role strain and role enhancement--were considered as predictive of women's psychological and physical health. The authors examined the relation between multiple role occupancy (parenting, employment, marriage) and well-being (depression and health) among mothers of young adults with intellectual disability (ID). Methods: Participants were 226 mothers aged 35-70 years old caring for a young adult aged 16-26 years old with moderate to severe/profound ID. Mothers were of either Latino ethnicity (n = 117) or Anglo (n = 109). Mothers' ethnicity and degree of acculturation and young adults' adaptive behavior and behavior problems were examined as potential moderators. Results: Mothers who were employed, married, or both reported better well-being than mothers who were both unemployed and unmarried, especially when their offspring had relatively higher adaptive functioning. This relationship between role occupancy and well-being was fully mediated by socio-economic status (SES) factors. Results did not suggest a role enhancement effect, but instead indicated a role shortage effect; unemployed, unmarried mothers experienced markedly poor well-being, while all other mothers experienced comparable well-being. Well-being scores were higher for Anglo than for Latino mothers; this relationship was entirely accounted for by SES. In Latina mothers, the relation between role occupancy and well-being was moderated by degree of acculturation. Conclusions: Findings suggest that multiple roles benefit mothers of young adults with ID primarily through their impact on socio-economic resources. For more acculturated Latina mothers, occupying more roles predicted better well-being even after controlling for SES. Latina mothers who were unemployed and unmarried had lower SES, and this group emerged as at particular risk. The latter group may benefit most from respite assistance and other interventions aimed at addressing their physical and mental health. (Author).
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