Maternal Perceptions of Care-Giving of Children with Developmental Disabilities in the United Arab Emirates

Autor/in	Crabtree, Sara Ashencaen
Titel	Maternal Perceptions of Care-Giving of Children with Developmental Disabilities in the United Arab Emirates
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 20 (2007) 3, S.247-255 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-3148.2006.00327.x
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Daughters; Developmental Disabilities; Arabs; Coping; Norms; Parent Attitudes; Child Rearing; Parenting Styles; Children; Cultural Influences; Social Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Interviews; Ethnography; Gender Differences; Parent Role; Social Discrimination; United Arab Emirates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Entwicklungsstörung; Arab; Araber; Bewältigung; Normwert; Elternverhalten; Kindererziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ethnografie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Parental role; Elternrolle; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Abstract	Background: This qualitative study discusses family care-giving of children with developmental disabilities in the United Arab Emirates. Findings were reviewed in terms of the influence of culture on gender norms governing parental behaviour and aspirations. Method: An ethnographic approach is used in which parent participants were interviewed intensively. The data were then analysed commensurate with ethnographic methodology in which parental care was considered in terms of gender differentials, in addition to other factors. Results: Although mothers carried the main burden of support, this is ameliorated by cultural interpretations of the role of motherhood as well as practical coping strategies. Discrimination towards disability as well as gender is evident although countered by maternal strategies of resistance. Conclusions: These indicate that daughters with disabilities are subject to oppressive attitudes and commensurate behaviour within the family setting, as well as in the wider society. However, such measures may in turn be challenged by mothers who demonstrate parental coping strategies that are both influenced by as well as subversive of cultural norms. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10