The Impact of the Handicapped Child on the Family

Cohen, Pauline

doi:10.1177/0145482x6405800104

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“…3) Anger- Cohen (1962) and Kennedy (1970) discuss typical stages of a crisis following the diagnosis of a disabled child. One of the phases that follows a period of grief entails rage, anger, frustration, and difficulty in restraining these feelings.…”

Section: Mental Wellbeing Among Parents To Autistic Childrenmentioning

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Marital Patterns among Parents to Autistic Children

Doron¹,

Sharabany²

2013

PSYCH

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The present research aims to examine the mental welfare of parents to autistic children, the degree of social support they receive and their perceived satisfaction with it, and how these variables affect their couplehood. The research population included parents of children between the ages of 4 and 17 diagnosed within the autistic spectrum. Each parent (within 33 couples) received a personal questionnaire, which was completed by 32 women and 23 men. The research questionnaire was composed of four measures: demographics; degree of child's autism; social support; and mental wellbeing and closeness/distance in the marital relationship. We found that social and familial support is statistically related to positive marital relationships and that the older the child, the less emotional wellbeing is felt by the parents and the more distant their relationship.

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Section: Mental Wellbeing Among Parents To Autistic Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marital Patterns among Parents to Autistic Children

Doron¹,

Sharabany²

2013

PSYCH

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“…There is also wide agree ment in the literature that the reactions to diagnosis are highly individualistic. (Begab, 1956;Cohen, 1962;Schild, 1964;Wolfensberger,1967) The intensity of response and the mani festation of reaction vary widely within and between people depending on a variety of dynamic factors: individual person ality, nature of the marital relationship, parental aspirations, feelings about deviancy, parental roles, socio-economic statuses, etc. (Schild, 1971, p. 434) Describing this variety of response, Schild notes that prominently mentioned reactions are guilt, ambivalence, disappointment, frustration, anger, shame, and sorrow.…”

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Counseling Problems that Accompany the Diagnosis of Mental Retardation

Daggett¹

2000

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“…During pregnancy, parents psychologically prepare for the birth of their child in part through fantasizing about the ideal child. Loss of this ideal child is accentuated with the birth of a child with a birth defect, for example neural tube defect (NTD) (Benoliel, 1976;Cohen, 1962;Eden-Piercy et al, 1984;Gyutay, 1989;Teel, 1993). Lifelong disability, frequent hospitalizations, concerns with life threatening events, and adjustment to a child with a disability are potential realities.…”

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Chronic sorrow: A content analysis of parental differences

Hobdell

Deatrick

1996

Journal of Genetic Counseling

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Sixty-eight mothers and 64 fathers of children with a neural tube defect responded to a questionnaire about chronic sorrow. Mothers reported a mood state change in very intense category from more pessimistic at time of diagnosis to more optimistic at current time. Fathers, although indicating a mood change in the very intense category to more optimistic, also had more pessimistic responses. Parental similarities and differences were also reported in both times and events that triggered the sorrow response. Categories across times and events were primarily related to health care, school/development concerns and social significance. Clinical and research implications of these findings are discussed.

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The Impact of the Handicapped Child on the Family

Cited by 16 publications

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Marital Patterns among Parents to Autistic Children

Marital Patterns among Parents to Autistic Children

Counseling Problems that Accompany the Diagnosis of Mental Retardation

Chronic sorrow: A content analysis of parental differences

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