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Safe, Anneleise; Joosten, Annette; Molineux, Matthew – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Mothers of children with autism experience poorer health and wellbeing compared to mothers of children with other disabilities or typically-developing children. This qualitative phenomenological study aimed to explore the daily life experiences of mothers of children with autism, and the strategies they use to manage their roles, their…
Descriptors: Autism, Phenomenology, Mothers, Child Rearing
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Trute, Barry; Hiebert-Murphy, Diane; Levine, Kathryn – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2007
Background: Parental positive and negative appraisals of the family impact of childhood disability are tested as early predictors of parental self-esteem and overall family adjustment in households with young children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Method: Within 103 Canadian families, 103 mothers and 55 fathers independently…
Descriptors: Mothers, Gender Differences, Fathers, Developmental Disabilities