Mothers’ Resolution of Their Young Children’s Psychiatric Diagnoses: Associations with Child, Parent, and Relationship Characteristics

Kearney, Joan A.; Britner, Preston A.; Farrell, Anne F.; Robinson, JoAnn

doi:10.1007/s10578-011-0217-6

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“…Furthermore, resolved mothers had significantly more securely attached children and reported significantly lower levels of stress compared to unresolved mothers. These results were further replicated in numerous studies which included parents of children with CP (Marvin & Pianta, ; Pianta et al., ; Rentinck et al., ; Schuengel et al., ; Sheeran, Marvin, & Pianta, ), Phenylketonuria (PKU; Lord, Ungerer, & Wastell, ), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD; Milshtein, Yirmiya, Oppenheim, Koren‐Karie, & Levi, ; Oppenheim, Koren‐Karie, Dolev, & Yirmiya, ; Wachtel & Carter, ), Intellectual disability (Feniger‐Schaal & Oppenheim, ), and other psychiatric and neurological conditions (Barnett et al., ; Kearney, Britner, Farrell, & Robinson, ). In these studies, the rates of resolution among parents ranged from 30% to 82% and parental resolution was repeatedly associated with child's secure attachment.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…() who found that parents reports of their mental health status was not associated with resolution. However, parenting stress and depression were previously reported as associated with parental resolution for samples of children with CP, Epilepsy, PKU, and psychiatric disorders (Kearney et al., ; Lord et al., ; Marvin & Pianta, ). These inconsistent findings merit further investigation.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…The association between resolution and parental mental health was demonstrated as well. Parental resolution was associated with lower levels of parenting stress (Lord et al., ; Marvin & Pianta, ) and lower levels of maternal depression (Kearney et al., ). Nonetheless, in one recent study that included parents whose child was diagnosed with ASD (Poslawsky, Naber, Van Daalen, & Van Engeland, ) although the levels of parental mental health symptoms were above average; there was no significant association between parental mental health and resolution.…”

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Predicting Maternal Resolution of Preterm Birth at One Month Corrected Age

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Millo

Harel

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Early maternal resolution with preterm birth was assessed at one month corrected age (CA), and potential maternal and infant characteristics that may be associated with early resolution were examined. Fifty-five mothers of preterm infants (≤34 weeks) participated. Data regarding pregnancy, prenatal risk, delivery, infant's medical risk, maternal well-being status, and infant's Correspondence should be sent to Nurit Yirmiya,

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Predicting Maternal Resolution of Preterm Birth at One Month Corrected Age

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Millo

Harel

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Infancy

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“…The acceptance, or denial, of diagnosis significantly influences parenting styles. For example, mothers who are unresolved regarding their child's diagnosis show less sensitivity to their child's signals [69,70], and greater resolve has been correlated not only to positive parenting behavior but also to less parental stress [e.g., 70]. These resolutions support the need for parent interventions targeted toward addressing the common stages of adjustment experienced by parents of children with disabilities such as various forms of shock, denial, acceptance [e.g., 71], and to move parents quickly to acceptance and to more active, positive coping [e.g., 72,73].…”

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Impact of Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities on Families: Balancing Perspectives

Bolourian

Blacher

2016

Curr Dev Disord Rep

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The study of the impact of children or youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities on their families has grown increasingly complex. This is due, in part, to the multiple perspectives represented in research (e.g., mothers, fathers, siblings) and to the myriad of outcomes examined (e.g., negative vs. positive impact on families). Basic tenets set forth include encompassing theoretical models that can be used to integrate family research on impact, an evaluative discussion of the importance of child problem behaviors, and family socioeconomic status as vital to the discussion of family stress. Parenting behaviors that influence impact are also identified, with attention to important moderators of family outcomes that further elucidate processes over and above main effects research. The article concludes with a discussion of promising directions that may alter the impact of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities on the family. Theoretical FrameworkOver the past few decades, research on families with children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has expanded, and new directions of focus have appeared. Greater emphasis has been placed on studying the whole family, rather than merely the child with a disability. Family system models holistically consider the individual with a disability, the parents/caregivers, as well as the interactional processes that exist (e.g., marital adjustment, parent-child relationships, sibling relationships) and the subsystems that affect them [1-4]. Bronfenbrenner's framework [5] has been considered a theoretical model that transformed the way many researchers approach the study of human development. He conceptualized the person and the family as the center focus, bounded by interrelated layers or systems. These systems are defined by interactional contexts, such as school, work, and overall social structure. Through this lens, one must assess the broader family context and the environment in which members are involved in order to understand the child's development. Although this emphasis was embodied in the seminal article by Crnic, Friedrich, and Greenberg [6], it remains relevant today and can help to integrate research on the multiple biological and environmental pathways that are reflected in the impact of a child with disability on the family [7,8].This paper utilizes the term Bintellectual and developmental disabilities^because it incorporates individuals with an IQ in the intellectual disability (ID) range as well as other conditions, notably autism, whose intelligence may or may not be in the ID range but who continue to struggle developmentally across adaptive domains. Throughout, we make no distinction unless there is a disability-specific point to be made.

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“…Ono što je važno naglasiti jeste da roditelji koji prihvate detetovo stanje realno sagledavaju njegove mogućnosti i sopstvenu starateljsku ulogu [4]. Nasuprot njima, roditelji koji ne prihvataju dijagnozu doživljavaju distres kada brinu o svom detetu što smanjuje njihovu emotivnu prijemčivost i otežava prepoznavanje detetovih potreba [12,13]. Prikaz druge majke ukazuje na njenu preokupiranost ljutnjom, naroči-to usmerenu prema zdravstvenom osoblju, čak i onima koji aktuelno pomažu njenom detetu.…”

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