Parental Appraisal of the Family Impact of Childhood Developmental Disability: Times of Sadness and Times of Joy

Autor/inn/en	Trute, Barry; Hiebert-Murphy, Diane; Levine, Kathryn
Titel	Parental Appraisal of the Family Impact of Childhood Developmental Disability: Times of Sadness and Times of Joy
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 32 (2007) 1, S.1-9 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-8250
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Gender Differences; Fathers; Developmental Disabilities; Children; Mental Retardation; Parent Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Longitudinal Studies; Adjustment (to Environment); Predictor Variables; Self Esteem; Family Relationship; Coping; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Entwicklungsstörung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Geistige Behinderung; Elternverhalten; Negative Fixierung; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Prädiktor; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Bewältigung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Background: Parental positive and negative appraisals of the family impact of childhood disability are tested as early predictors of parental self-esteem and overall family adjustment in households with young children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Method: Within 103 Canadian families, 103 mothers and 55 fathers independently completed interviews in their home at two time points: 6 months after their child entered childhood disability services (T1), and one year later (T2). Results: Longer-term family adjustment was found to be predicted by level of parental negative appraisal of the family impact of disability, and by level of self-esteem, for both mothers and fathers. For mothers, positive appraisal of childhood disability was also found to predict early family adjustment and was related to enhanced self-esteem. Conclusions: Gender differences in parental appraisal of the family impact of childhood disability appear to merge over time. Both positive and negative appraisals appear to coexist and are predictive of mothers' and fathers' perceived overall family adjustment in the longer term. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10