Predicting well‐being longitudinally for mothers rearing offspring with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Grein, Katherine; Glidden, Laraine Masters

doi:10.1111/jir.12166

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“…This potential decline in a mother's psychological health may hamper a child's adjustment. However, high family harmony, characterized by more agreement, greater cohesion, and less conflict, is predictive of better maternal health conditions (Grein & Glidden, 2015). It is possible that, at the time of relational breakup, a strong child-mother relationship helps keep mothers from being vulnerable.…”

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Is It OK If Mommy Dates? The Influence of Mother’s Post-Divorce Dating Transitions for Children’s Behaviors

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Despite many mothers' interest in establishing romantic relationships following divorce, some worry about the impacts of dating transitions, such as starting or ending a dating relationship, for their children's adjustment. The literature illustrates that transitions in and out of relationships could hinder children's post-divorce adjustment, but a supportive relationship between children and mothers could buffer the damaging effects. Prior research mostly focused on repartnering (i.e., cohabitation and remarriage) whereas a comparative form of romantic experience, post-divorce dating, is understudied. Postdivorce dating, a critical precondition for cohabitation and remarriage, is assumed to have the power to shape family stability and functioning. The goal of this study is to examine the impact of mothers' post-divorce dating transitions for children's adjustment. Additionally, we test child-mother rapport as a moderator for the relationship between dating transitions and children's adjustment. Longitudinal data for this study comes from mothers of elementary-aged children who were within three months of filing for divorce (N = 316). Results from hierarchical linear models show that mothers' dating transitions exert little direct effect on children's adjustment. However, child-mother rapport moderated the relationships between the time in mothers' dating relationships and children's prosocial behaviors, and between mothers' romantic breakups and children's externalizing behaviors. This adds further support that high child-mother rapport benefits children's adjustment within the context of divorce. Overall, the results suggest that the post-divorce dating relationship transitions may influence children's well-being via indirect pathways and the moderation effect of child-mother rapport on children's behavior are inconsistent across dating transitions. Implications for family adjustment and future research are discussed.Keywords Post-divorce dating • Children's adjustment • Child-mother rapport • Family transition • Hierarchical linear modeling. Highlights •Prior to cohabitation and remarriage, divorced parents are likely to go through multiple post-divorce dating transitions, which are assumed to be able to shape family adjustment. •Results reveal that child-mother rapport moderated the relationship between children's externalizing behaviors and the breakup of a dating relationship after divorce, and the relationship between children's prosocial behavior and the time of a dating relationship.• Other post-divorce dating transitions did not predict changes in children's behaviors.

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confidence: 99%

Is It OK If Mommy Dates? The Influence of Mother’s Post-Divorce Dating Transitions for Children’s Behaviors

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“…Although often incompletely described, particularly for extremely rare genetic disorders, the developmental prognosis of these genetic syndromes is highly important to parents, particularly those of young children, who must now imagine or plan for life with children who may never be able to live independently. [34][35][36] While increasing numbers of infants are now receiving genetic diagnoses, the implications of such diagnoses are not completely understood. Further research is needed to characterize the neurodevelopmental profiles of genetic disorders 7 because there is a paucity of data on developmental outcomes, particularly regarding functional abilities (such as the ability to live independently or maintain employment) even for relatively common genetic syndromes, such as Down syndrome, Williams-Beuren syndrome, and 22q11 deletion syndrome.…”

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Developmental Support for Infants With Genetic Disorders

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As the technical ability for genetic diagnosis continues to improve, an increasing number of diagnoses are made in infancy or as early as the neonatal period. Many of these diagnoses are known to be associated with developmental delay and intellectual disability, features that would not be clinically detectable at the time of diagnosis. Others may be associated with cognitive impairment, but the incidence and severity are yet to be fully described. These neonates and infants with genetic diagnoses therefore represent an emerging group of patients who are at high risk for neurodevelopmental disabilities. Although there are well-established developmental supports for high-risk infants, particularly preterm infants, after discharge from the NICU, programs specifically for infants with genetic diagnoses are rare. And although previous research has demonstrated the positive effect of early developmental interventions on outcomes among preterm infants, the impact of such supports for infants with genetic disorders who may be born term, remains to be understood. We therefore review the literature regarding existing developmental assessment and intervention approaches for children with genetic disorders, evaluating these in the context of current developmental supports postdischarge for preterm infants. Further research into the role of developmental support programs for early assessment and intervention in high-risk neonates diagnosed with rare genetic disorders is needed.

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“…However, research is not conclusive because some positive effects also appear (Berglund et al, 2015): better parent-child interaction, more family cohesion, and a greater sense of purpose in life and of priorities (Grein & Glidden, 2015;Wheeler et al, 2008). Resilience, coping strategies, family routines, financial resources, and social support seem to be "protective" factors against the negative effects mentioned, and they contribute to wellbeing by improving the quality of life, not only of the disabled child, but also of the whole family (Grein & Glidden, 2015;Jess et al, 2018;Migerode et al, 2012;Minnes et al, 2015;Norling & Broberg, 2013;Schlebusch et al, 2016;Usher et al, 2018), including the siblings (Iriarte et al, 2015;McHale et al, 2016;Rossetti & Hall, 2015).…”

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Impact of Fragile X Syndrome on Their Families

Iriarte-Redín

Ferrer

Hidalgo-Alés

2020

Psicología Educativa

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The aim of the present study is to describe the behavioral and emotional disturbances in the Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) and to analize the impact of having a member with FXS on different aspects of family functioning. A sample of 79 parents with a member with FXS and 80 parents with a member with typical development participated in the study. Results showed that between 17% and 66% of children and adolescents with FXS displayed significant behavioral and emotional disturbances and fewer prosocial behaviors. In addition, after controlling for behavioral and emotional difficulties, our results showed that families affected by FXS experienced a more negative impact on feelings about parenting, finances, siblings, and the degree of difficulty of living with a child or adolescent with FXS, and greater family adaptability and cohesion than the comparison group. In conclusion, our results highlight that it is important to consider these differences in clinical practice when supporting and counselling families affected by FXS.

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Predicting well‐being longitudinally for mothers rearing offspring with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Cited by 15 publications

References 56 publications

Is It OK If Mommy Dates? The Influence of Mother’s Post-Divorce Dating Transitions for Children’s Behaviors

Is It OK If Mommy Dates? The Influence of Mother’s Post-Divorce Dating Transitions for Children’s Behaviors

Developmental Support for Infants With Genetic Disorders

Impact of Fragile X Syndrome on Their Families

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