The Contribution of Marital Quality to the Well-Being of Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Kersh, J.; Hedvat, T. T.; Hauser-Cram, P.; Warfield, M. E.
Titel	The Contribution of Marital Quality to the Well-Being of Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50 (2006) 12, S.883-893 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-2633
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00906.x
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Parents; Children; Developmental Disabilities; Parent Child Relationship; Mental Health; Family (Sociological Unit); Evaluation Methods; Socioeconomic Status; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Child Behavior; Child Rearing; Marital Satisfaction; Family Environment; Stress Variables; Self Efficacy; Longitudinal Studies; Predictor Variables; Gender Differences; Social Support Groups; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Eltern; Child; Kind; Kinder; Entwicklungsstörung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Psychohygiene; Familie; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Angst; Kindererziehung; Familienmilieu; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Prädiktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Korrelation
Abstract	Background: This study examines the contribution of the marital relationship to the well-being of both mothers and fathers of children with developmental disabilities. Parent well-being is conceptualized in terms of mental health, parenting stress and parenting efficacy. Methods: These analyses are based on data from 67 families participating in the Early Intervention Collaborative Study, an ongoing longitudinal investigation of the development of children with disabilities and the adaptation of their families. Multidimensional assessment techniques were used to collect data from married mothers and fathers and their child with a disability. Mother and father data were analysed separately using parallel hierarchical regression models. Results: For both mothers and fathers, greater marital quality predicted lower parenting stress and fewer depressive symptoms above and beyond socio-economic status, child characteristics and social support. In relation to parenting efficacy, marital quality added significant unique variance for mothers but not for fathers. For fathers, greater social support predicted increased parenting efficacy. Child behaviour was also a powerful predictor of parental well-being for both mothers and fathers. Conclusion: The findings support the importance of the marital relationship to parental well-being and illustrate the value of including fathers in studies of children with developmental disabilities. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10