Arab-Israeli Mothers' Attribution, Affective, and Behavioral Responses toward Their Child with a Learning Disability: Examining an Attribution Model of Reactions to Stigma

Autor/inn/en	Lucia, Abeer; Soffer, Michal
Titel	Arab-Israeli Mothers' Attribution, Affective, and Behavioral Responses toward Their Child with a Learning Disability: Examining an Attribution Model of Reactions to Stigma
Quelle	In: Learning Disability Quarterly, 43 (2020) 2, S.115-123 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Soffer, Michal)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0731-9487
DOI	10.1177/0731948719892013
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Arabs; Foreign Countries; Parent Child Relationship; Learning Disabilities; Parent Attitudes; Labeling (of Persons); Affective Behavior; Elementary School Students; Students with Disabilities; Children; Rejection (Psychology); Attribution Theory; Positive Attitudes; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Arab; Araber; Ausland; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Elternverhalten; Labeling-Ansatz; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ablehnung
Abstract	Studies show that people with a learning disability (LD) are stigmatized. The study adopts the major tenets of the "Attribution Model of Reactions to Stigmas" (AMRS), which postulates that causal attributions to disability ("stigmas") are associated with affective responses that lead to behavioral outcomes. Adopting a multidimensional approach to attributions, we examined the applicability of the AMRS among Arab-Israeli mothers. A convenience sample of 122 mothers of elementary school children, who were diagnosed with LD, completed self-reported, closed-ended questionnaires. The AMRS was only partially supported by our findings. However, we found that four of the five types of reported causal attributions were significantly and negatively associated with maternal rejection. We also found high levels of maternal rejection, in addition to high levels of positive affective reactions. Attributing the child's LD to a medical condition at the time of the mother's pregnancy or the child's birth was associated with lower positive affect. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01