Well-Being, Involvement in Paid Work and Division of Child-Care in Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Olsson, M. B.; Hwang, C. P.
Titel	Well-Being, Involvement in Paid Work and Division of Child-Care in Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Sweden
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50 (2006) 12, S.963-969 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-2633
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00930.x
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Mental Retardation; Child Care; Children; Foreign Countries; Mail Surveys; Comparative Analysis; Mothers; Fathers; Parent Child Relationship; Employment; Gender Differences; Employed Parents; Correlation; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Geistige Behinderung; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Erhebungsinstrument; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Dienstverhältnis; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Schweden
Abstract	Background: The aim of the study was to compare mothers' and fathers' involvement in paid work and child-care in families of children with intellectual disability (ID) and control families and to test if differences in well-being between mothers and fathers of children with ID can be explained by differences in involvement in paid work and child-care. Methods: Mothers and fathers of 179 children with ID and 196 typically developing children answered mailed surveys on their involvement in paid work, child-care tasks and well-being. Only two-parent families were included. Results: The results show main effects for gender of the parent and presence of a child with ID on involvement in paid work and well-being. Interaction effects indicate that mothers of children with ID are more affected than fathers in their participation in paid work and well-being. A positive relation between level of participation in paid work and well-being was found for both mothers and fathers. No difference in division of child-care tasks was found between families of children with ID and control families. Differences in involvement in paid work and child-care in families of children with ID only explained 5% of the variance in the difference between mothers' and fathers' well-being. Conclusions: Families with children with ID differ from control families in that the parents are less involved in paid work and have lower levels of well-being. A positive relation between involvement in paid work and well-being was found. (Author).
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