Levels of Psychological Distress Experienced by Family Carers of Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities in an Urban Conurbation

Autor/inn/en	Emerson, Eric; Robertson, Janet; Wood, Justin
Titel	Levels of Psychological Distress Experienced by Family Carers of Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities in an Urban Conurbation
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17 (2004) 2, S.77-84 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/j.1360-2322.2004.00183.x
Schlagwörter	Mental Retardation; Psychological Patterns; Stress Variables; Caregivers; Child Rearing; Urban Areas; Questionnaires; Parent Attitudes; Caregiver Attitudes; Immigrants; Ethnicity; Foreign Countries; Behavior Problems; Emotional Disturbances; Children; Cultural Influences; Socioeconomic Status; Economically Disadvantaged; Asia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Kindererziehung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Fragebogen; Elternverhalten; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ethnizität; Ausland; Gefühlsstörung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Asien
Abstract	Background: The aim of the present study was to identify factors associated with the level of psychological distress reported by family carers of children with intellectual disability living in a large urban conurbation. Method: Information was collected by postal questionnaire (or interview for family carers who did not have English as their first language) from the family carers of 408 children with intellectual disability (31% of all children within the area administratively identified as having an intellectual disability). Results: Results indicated that 47% of primary carers scored above the threshold for psychological distress on the GHQ and that scoring above the threshold was strongly related to the emotional and behavioural needs of the index child and South-Asian ethnicity and moderately associated with the severity of the child's delay in communication. Conclusions: The rates of psychological distress (47% overall, 70% among South-Asian carers) were markedly higher than that found in previous studies of carers supporting a child with intellectual disabilities. It is suggested that these elevated rates of psychological distress may be mediated by socio-economic deprivation. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10