Parental Adjustment to Disability, Stress Indicators and the Influence of Social Support

Felizardo, Sara; Ribeiro, Esperança Jales; Amante, Maria João

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.02.157

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“…Ooi et al, 2016, for meta-synthesis). Positive experiences include deriving benefits from support groups (Corman, 2009; Kayfitz et al, 2010; Markoulakis et al, 2012), adapting to the challenges (Felizardo et al, 2016), responding to the challenges with hope and determination (Oprea and Stan, 2012), and cognitively reframing ASD challenges as positive and meaningful (Bayat, 2007; Hastings et al, 2005; Kapp and Brown, 2011; Marshall and Long, 2010; Midence and O’Neill, 1999; Myers et al, 2009; Neely-Barnes et al, 2011; Tunali and Power, 2002; Woodgate et al, 2008). These findings map well onto what Tedeschi and Calhoun (1996) call posttraumatic growth (PTG), which they define as more positive self-views, changed perspective about life, spiritual changes, improved relationships with others, and an increased appreciation of life.…”

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Challenged and changed: Quiet ego and posttraumatic growth in mothers raising children with autism spectrum disorder

Wayment

Al‐Kire

Brookshire

2018

Autism

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Posttraumatic growth theory posits that when life circumstances are perceived as stressful, secondary appraisal processes can be recruited in ways to facilitate both coping efforts and personal growth. Using a mixed-methods approach, we found mothers' most challenging experiences involved child behavior (e.g. aggression, communication, and social issues) and psychosocial impacts (e.g. lack of social support, perceived judgment of others, perceived loss, and personal distress). Descriptions of most rewarding experiences reflect posttraumatic growth frameworks including constructive perceptions about themselves, life, and their relationships as well as evidence for what Maercker and Zoellner call illusory types of posttraumatic growth. Quantitative data were subjected to a hierarchical regression analysis for self-reported posttraumatic growth and included mothers' demographics, child functioning, and psychosocial measures. As predicted, posttraumatic growth was positively associated with social support from mothers' most important network member and quiet ego characteristics, a type of eudaimonic motivation. Contrary to expectation, neither autism spectrum disorder-related rumination nor time since diagnosis (or their interaction) was associated with posttraumatic growth. Discussion focuses on the practical implications of our findings that posttraumatic growth-related coping includes both constructive and illusory forms and the importance of social support and eudaimonic motivation in facilitating positive forms of secondary coping.

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Challenged and changed: Quiet ego and posttraumatic growth in mothers raising children with autism spectrum disorder

Wayment

Al‐Kire

Brookshire

2018

Autism

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“…However, not all researchers agree on this point. For instance, the research of Felizardo, Ribeiroa, and Amante (2016) has not shown the same negative relation of support/stress/autism symptomatology. Comparing the stress of the parents of children with developmental disorders, they found that all parent groups, both the carers of children with autism and those who raise children with other disorders, experience similar stress levels, even though they present important differences in individual values.…”

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Investigation of the Correlation of Family Resilience of Parents with a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parenting Stress and Social Support

Kavaliotis¹

2017

IJPS

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Stress is an extremely serious symptom in the care of an autistic child and it deteriorates mainly in women and depending on the seriousness of the autism symptoms. As a result, physical and mental health problems are caused in the children's carers, having as a consequence the attack on family resilience. Social support, standard or non-standard, seems that it can be related to the parents' reduced stress levels as well as to an increase in resilience, even though not all researches agree on this conclusion. The correlation of these parameters in this study comes from a wider quantitative research, the sample of which were the parents of 312 autistic children in Greece, all of them couples, namely 624 men and women, divided in equal numbers. The scales' correlations in this research showed a strong correlation of the family communication and problem solving with the utilization of resources that concern the social and financial field, and also with important management strategies of autism, such as maintaining a positive outlook and the ability to make meaning of adversities.

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“…Students' academic resilience is one of the important indicators of evaluation in education [6]. On the other hand, caring for children with developmental disabilities may affect the mental health of parents [9]. Studies have shown the prevalence of stress and, consequently, psychological problems in parents of children with disabilities.…”

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Effectiveness Of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Academic Resilience of Children With Physical-Motor Disabilities and Their Mothers’ Life Expectancy

Khajekini

Tjjalli²,

Shariatbagheri³

2022

SJRM

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Background and Aims Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is one of the third wave of behavior therapies. One of its main goals is to improve psychological flexibility which can increase the life expectancy and promote the mental health. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of ACT on mothers' life expectancy and academic resilience of children with physical-motor disabilities. Methods The quasi-experimental study with a pre-test/post-test/follow-up design was conducted from October 2019 to March 2020. Participants were 30 children with physical-motor disabilities and their mothers, who were selected by a purposive sampling method. Participants were assigned into two groups of intervention and control using the block randomization method. The intervention group received ACT at 10 sessions of 120 minutes per week. Participants completed a demographic checklist, Miller Hope Scale, and Academic Resilience Scale at pre-test, post-test and one-month follow-up phases. The collected data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance in SPSS v. 23 software. Results The effectiveness of ACT in improving the mothers’ life expectancy and children’s academic resilience was statistically significant in post-test phase (P<0.01). The effects of ACT remained stable in the one-month follow-up period (P<0.05). Conclusion The ACT is effective in improving the psychological characteristics of children with physical-motor disabilities and their mothers. It can be used for clinical treatment of children with special needs.

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Parental Adjustment to Disability, Stress Indicators and the Influence of Social Support

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

Challenged and changed: Quiet ego and posttraumatic growth in mothers raising children with autism spectrum disorder

Challenged and changed: Quiet ego and posttraumatic growth in mothers raising children with autism spectrum disorder

Investigation of the Correlation of Family Resilience of Parents with a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parenting Stress and Social Support

Effectiveness Of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Academic Resilience of Children With Physical-Motor Disabilities and Their Mothers’ Life Expectancy

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