Does Journaling Effectively Reduce Psychological Distress of Korean-American Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities?

Autor/inn/en	Cho, Su-Je; Blair, Kwang-Sun Cho
Titel	Does Journaling Effectively Reduce Psychological Distress of Korean-American Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities?
Quelle	In: Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 11 (2010) 1, S.31-39 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-6913
Schlagwörter	Journal Writing; Mothers; Pretests Posttests; Developmental Disabilities; Depression (Psychology); Korean Americans; Stress Management; Comparative Analysis; Program Effectiveness; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Asian Culture; New York; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Mother; Mutter; Entwicklungsstörung; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	This study explored the extent to which mothers experienced depressive symptoms associated with having a child with a disability and if journal writing would reduce maternal distress. Thirty-eight Korean-American mothers of children with disabilities filled out pretest data using CES-D (Radloff, 1977) and IES-R (Weiss & Marmar, 1997). Based on the results of CES-D pretest data, the participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental or the control group. Journal writing was implemented with the experimental group while the control group was placed on a waiting list. After a four-week post intervention, the participants filled out posttest data using the same assessments. The results revealed that approximately one-half of the participants experienced clinically depressive symptoms and that journal writing did not reduce maternal distress. The discussion focuses on several effective strategies for future research to consider in implementing journal writing with mothers of children with disabilities in Korean and other Asian cultures. (Contains 2 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Special Education. c/o College of Education, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774. Tel: 928-523-8979; Fax: 928-523-1929; Web site: http://iase.coe.nau.edu/index3.html
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Update	2017/4/10