Socio-Economic Position, Household Composition, Health Status and Indicators of the Well-Being of Mothers of Children with and without Intellectual Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Emerson, E.; Hatton, C.; Llewellyn, G.; Blacker, J.; Graham, H.
Titel	Socio-Economic Position, Household Composition, Health Status and Indicators of the Well-Being of Mothers of Children with and without Intellectual Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50 (2006) 12, S.862-873 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-2633
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00900.x
Schlagwörter	Socioeconomic Status; Well Being; Mothers; Mental Retardation; Psychological Patterns; Self Efficacy; Foreign Countries; Children; Family Structure; Health; Family (Sociological Unit); Stress Variables; Comparative Analysis; Self Esteem; Individual Characteristics; At Risk Persons; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Mother; Mutter; Geistige Behinderung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Gesundheit; Familie; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Risikogruppe; Großbritannien
Abstract	Background: Many previous studies have reported that mothers of children with intellectual disabilities (IDs) are more likely to show signs of psychological distress and have lower well-being than mothers of "typically developing" children. Our aim was to estimate the extent to which these differences may be accounted for by between-group differences in socio-economic position. Methods: This study involved secondary analysis of happiness, self-esteem and self-efficacy variables in a nationally representative sample of 6954 British mothers with dependent children under the age of 17 years, 514 of whom were supporting a child with an ID. Results: Mothers of children with IDs reported lower levels of happiness, self-esteem and self-efficacy than mothers of children without IDs. Statistically controlling for differences in socio-economic position, household composition and maternal characteristics fully accounted for the between-group differences in maternal happiness, and accounted for over 50 of the elevated risk for poorer self-esteem and self-efficacy. Conclusions: A socially and statistically significant proportion of the increased risk of poorer well-being among mothers of children with IDs may be attributed to their increased risk of socio-economic disadvantage. (Author).
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