Stress and coping patterns of parents of the mentally ill in Israel

Associations of social support and hardiness with mental health among mothers of adult children with intellectual disability

“…1991; Greenberg et al . 1993; Gidron 1991; Hatfield 1991; Jennings 1987; Kim et al . 2003; Minnion 1996).…”

Religious coping and psychological wellbeing in carers of relatives with schizophrenia

“…In recent years, the experiences of family members have been described using a stress and coping framework (7, 8, 13–16). The chronic illness of the relative is viewed as an ongoing stress, and families engage in a variety of coping strategies to deal with the demands of the current situation (16–18).…”

Letting go: Parental attitudes toward out-of-home placement of their children with psychiatric disability.

“…Surprisingly, unlike cognitive appraisal, the parent's social support did not serve as a mediating factor between parental stress and their attitude toward placement. It is possible that parents of an adult child with a psychiatric disabili ty lack informal support (Gidron, 1991) or their social network is associated with shame and guilt and an inability to gain support for their decision (Terkelsen, 1987;Leff, 1983). These par ents are probably more dependent on professional help as their core resource of information and answers (Spaniol et al, 1984) but they hardly raise with them their need for out-of-home place ment (Thompson & Weisberg, 1990).…”