Mothers' Coping and Hope in Early Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Einav, Michal; Levi, Uzi; Margalit, Malka
Titel	Mothers' Coping and Hope in Early Intervention
Quelle	In: European Journal of Special Needs Education, 27 (2012) 3, S.265-279 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-6257
DOI	10.1080/08856257.2012.678662
Schlagwörter	Early Intervention; Family Environment; Mothers; Developmental Disabilities; Infants; Coping; Developmental Delays; Correlation; Stress Management; Psychological Patterns; Family Influence; Questionnaires; Cognitive Processes; Structural Equation Models; Foreign Countries; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienmilieu; Mother; Mutter; Entwicklungsstörung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Bewältigung; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Korrelation; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Fragebogen; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Ausland
Abstract	The goals of the study were to examine the relations between maternal coping and hope among mothers who participated in early intervention program for their infants. Earlier studies focused attention on mothers' experiences of stress and their coping. Within the salutogenic construct, we aim at examining relations between mothers' coping and hope while considering individual resources (sense of coherence) and family resources (family cohesion and adaptability). 111 mothers of infants with developmental delays and developmental disabilities (60 boys and 51 girls with age range from 3-24 months (M = 16.92 months, SD = 7.22)) participated in the study. The questionnaires consisted of coping, sense of coherence, FACES III and hope. In order to identify the relations between mothers' coping strategies and hopeful thinking, a structural equation modelling using AMOS19 software (SEM) was used. The analysis of the hypothesised structural relations among variables revealed a high fit between the modified model and the empirical findings. The model demonstrated that coping mediated family adaptation, and together with personal SOC contributed to mothers' hope. Mothers with high levels of SOC, and with high coping strategies, felt more hopeful. In addition, for mothers in families characterised by flexibility and open to changes in their family climate, their coping served as a mediator between adaptation and hope. The family cohesion was interrelated with mothers' SOC. The theoretical significance and the early intervention implications will be discussed. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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