The Relationship Between Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth Among the Primary Caregivers of Children With Developmental Disabilities: The Mediating Role of Positive Coping Style and Self-Efficacy

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between posttraumatic growth (PTG), resilience, positive coping style, and self-efficacy among the primary caregivers of children with developmental disorders in Chongqing, China. A total of 198 primary caregivers (parents and grandparents) aged from 22 to 66 years old (M = 35.55, SD = 9.16), including 155 females (78.3%) and 43 males (21.7%), were enrolled. The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire, and General Self-Efficacy Scale were used for data collection. The results found that PTG could be positively predicted by resilience. Positive coping style and self-efficacy mediated the relationship between resilience and PTG. The different levels of PTG were determined by the resident location, monthly income and education of the primary caregivers. The results suggest that it is critical to improve the mental health of the primary caregivers (parents and grandparents) of children with developmental disabilities. Our results also provide a scientific basis for future research.

Posttraumatic Growth and its Correlates Among Parents of Children With Cleft Lip and/or Palate

“…Similarly, the investigation of caregivers (parents and grandparents) of children with developmental disabilities revealed that a positive coping style was positively correlated with PTG. 21 Disengagement coping, characterized as avoidance and denial, is more related to the definition of negative coping style in this study. Disengagement coping was found to be positively correlated with PTG among parents of children who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, 15 which contradicted our results.…”

“…The PTG of parents of children with developmental disabilities did not differ depending on the children's diagnosis. 21 In parents of children with special needs (children with physical and developmental impairments), there were no significant differences in PTG according to the child's type of diagnosis. 40 Versus e significant at P = .021.…”

“…The PTG of parents of children with developmental disabilities did not differ depending on the children's diagnosis. 21 In parents of children with special needs (children with physical and developmental impairments), there were no significant differences in PTG according to the child's type of diagnosis. 40 However, for parents of children with CL/P, current literature suggested that their psychological parameters differed regarding the cleft types of the children, but it is debated which cleft type have a more severe impact.…”

“…17,18,20 The correlates of parental PTG in these studies varied, including parental and children demographics, resilience, family function, coping, and social support. [17][18][19]21 It was reported that PTG was associated with coping style and social support among caregivers. 22,23 Social support is an important factor that directly influences the PTG of mothers of children with cancer and chronic illnesses and bereaved parents.…”

Exploring links between Chinese military recruits' psychological stress and coping style from the person-environment fit perspective: The chain mediating effect of self-efficacy and social support

“…It can buffer psychological stress well and the better self-efficacy is more likely to exhibit the more positive behaviors, such as self-management (Nott et al, 2021), better job performance (Downes et al, 2021), and a positive coping style (Wang and Zhang, 2021;Wu et al, 2021). Therefore, individuals with good self-efficacy tend to adopt a positive coping style in the process of event handling (Lu et al, 2021). Given that self-efficacy is an important determinant of the choice of positive coping style, it is feasible to hypothesize that recruits' psychological stress has a negative effect on self-efficacy, and self-efficacy has a positive effect on positive coping style and a negative effect on negative coping style.…”