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Povee, K.; Roberts, L.; Bourke, J.; Leonard, H. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: This study aimed to explore the factors that predict functioning in families with a child with Down syndrome using a mixed methods design. The quantitative component examined the effect of maladaptive and autism-spectrum behaviours on the functioning of the family while the qualitative component explored the impact of having a child…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries, Down Syndrome, Family Relationship
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Cuskelly, Monica; Hayes, Alan; Chant, David – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1998
Forty-five Australian families with children with Down syndrome and 88 comparison families provided information about their children's behavior problems and involvement in household tasks. For the brothers of children with Down syndrome, significant negative correlations between household tasks and behavior problems were found on fathers' reports.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Coping, Downs Syndrome