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Direct linkAshworth, Maria; Palikara, Olympia; Van Herwegen, Jo – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: Although parental stress is higher for children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs), it is unclear how this stress compares to more common NDs. The current study compared stress in parents of children with Williams syndrome (WS), Down syndrome (DS) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The impact of individual and contextual factors…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Teague, Samantha J.; Newman, Louise K.; Tonge, Bruce J.; Gray, Kylie M.; Aery, Anaha; Andersson, Ellaina; Arciuli, Jo; Arora, Sheena; Bezzina, Louise; Blackmore, Rebecca; Borland, Ross; Caruana, Jodie; Cawood, Danyelle; Clarke, Kristina; Day, Jamin; Dossetor, David; Einfeld, Stewart; Emerson, Eric; Evans, Holly; Fernandez, Ana; Goodall, Stephen; Gray, Kylie; Haas, Kaaren; Henderson, Kevin; Henry, Tania; Hinton, Sharon; Hoath, Fiona; Hodges, Julie; Horstead, Sian; Howlin, Pat; Hu, Nan; Keating, Caroline; Kelly, Eliza; Knott, Rachael; Kotselas, Pauline; Louie, Eva; McAuliffe, Zyra; O'Hagan, Gemma; Panahi, Babak; Phillis, Kathryne; Rice, Lauren; Rose, Oriel; Rotolone, Cassandra; Salvador-Carulla, Luis; Sanders, Matt; Schoch, Martha; Shortt, Fionnuala; Silove, Natalie; Sofronoff, Kate; Stace, Lucille; Taffe, John; Teague, Samantha; Tonge, Bruce; Thompson, Donna-Marie; Wallman, Emily; Viney, Rosalie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
This paper investigates the role of caregiver mental health and parenting practices as predictors of attachment in children with intellectual disability/developmental delay, comparing between children with ASD (n = 29) and children with other developmental disabilities (n = 20). Parents reported that children with ASD had high levels of anxiety…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mental Health, Caregivers
Ncube, B. L.; Perry, A.; Weiss, J. A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2018
Background: Research examining the quality of life (QoL) of children with severe developmental disabilities (SDD) is limited. The present study examines parent perceptions of child QoL in children with SDD compared with typically developing (TD) children and then examines predictors of QoL for the SDD group. Method: Parents of 246 children with…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Children, Quality of Life
Kirby, Anne V.; White, Tamira J.; Baranek, Grace T. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
Caring for children with disabilities contributes to increased levels of parent stress or caregiver strain. However, the potential relationship of sensory features to strain among caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD) is unknown. Sensory features include overreactions, underreactions,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Disabilities, Stress Variables
Leung, Cynthia; Fan, Angel; Sanders, Matthew R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The study examined the effectiveness of Group Triple P, a Level 4 variant of the Triple P multilevel system of parenting support, with Chinese parents who had a preschool aged child with a developmental disability, using randomized controlled trial design. Participants (Intervention group: 42; Waitlist Control group: 39) completed measures on…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Developmental Disabilities, Control Groups, Discipline
Gallagher, Stephen; Whiteley, Jenny – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The present study tested whether parents caring for children with developmental disabilities would have higher blood pressure compared to parents of typically developing children (controls). It also examined the psychosocial factors underlying this observation. Thirty-five parents of children with developmental disability and thirty controls…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Child Caregivers, Control Groups, Comparative Analysis
Manor-Binyamini, Iris – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
This preliminary study compares the coping strategies used by 100 ultraorthodox Jewish parents and 100 secular Jewish parents for dealing with adolescent children with developmental disorders. The parents completed two questionnaires on the sense of stress-related personal growth and the sense of coherence. The ultraorthodox parents reported a…
Descriptors: Jews, Coping, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
Manor-Binyamini, Iris – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
This preliminary study compares the family functioning, caregiver burden, and coping abilities between mothers of 300 children with developmental disorders and mothers of 100 children with no such disorders in the Bedouin community in Israel. The mothers completed the McMaster Family Assessment Device Scale, the Caregiver Burden Index, and the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Autism, Caregivers
Download full textLewis, Phyllis Trujillo; Shipman, Virginia C.; May, Philip A. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2011
The relationship of selected demographic, socioeconomic status (SES), and psychological characteristics was examined in interviews with 176 Northern Plains American Indian mothers whose children were referred to diagnostic clinics for evaluation of developmental disabilities, including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Thirty-nine mothers…
Descriptors: Psychological Characteristics, Socioeconomic Status, Mothers, American Indians
Peer reviewedSander, John L.; Morgan, Sam B. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 1997
Examines stress and adjustment in parents of three groups of families. Results, based on 54 families, indicate that parents of autistic children reported more family stress and adjustment problems than parents of children with Down's Syndrome, who in turn, reported more stress and adjustment problems than parents of developmentally normal…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Comparative Analysis, Coping
Ben-Zur, H.; Duvdevany, I.; Lury, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
The study was conducted with mothers of adult children with developmental disabilities and had two aims: (1) to examine the mental health, resources and stress among mothers who keep their adult child at home vs. those who choose placement in a community arrangement; and (2) to assess the associations of mothers resources and stress with mental…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Mothers, Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities
Nachshen, J. S.; Minnes, P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Despite the widespread use of the term "empowerment" in clinical literature to describe both a desirable process and the outcome of service delivery, the term remains more of a theoretical than practical construct. This study examined the factors that contribute to empowerment in parents of school-aged children with and without…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Problems, Empowerment, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedMcDowell, Augustus D.; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Examined whether changes in family support and resources would affect parenting stress in families of medically fragile children. Results suggest that changes in support and resources correlate with change in parenting stress. However, for white families, stress changes correlated to child's developmental progress or changes in social support,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis, Coping, Developmental Disabilities
