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Causal Attribution and Coping with Parental Dominance and Deprecation in Youth with Mild Intellectual Disability
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Kurtek, Pawel – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Although interactions among parents and Youth with Mild Intellectual Disability (MID) may be stressful at times, most studies focus on the effects of stressful interactions on the parents. This study considers the Youth's perspective -- particularly their beliefs about the reason for the parent's actions as well as how they would respond in the…
Descriptors: Parents, Mild Intellectual Disability, Youth, Attribution Theory
The Relationship between Stress and the Causal Attributions of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Mental Disabilities and Autism.
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Akkok, Fusun; And Others – 1996
The causal attributions of 142 parents (80 mothers and 62 fathers) of Turkish children with mental retardation and autism for their child's disabilities were investigated in this study, which also examined the relationship of these attributions with stress. Parents were given a questionnaire designed to tap potential parental causal attributions…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Autism, Coping, Family Influence
Adult Reports of Child and Adult Attributions of Blame for Childhood Sexual Abuse: Predicting Adult Adjustment and Suicidal Behaviors in Females.
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Barker-Collo, Suzanne L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2001
A survey of 126 female survivors of childhood sexual abuse (n=126) found participants reporting abuse by immediate family members and before age 10 tended make internal attributions of blame when they were children. Reports of childhood internal attributions of blame were significantly predictive of overall adult symptomatology and suicide…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Attribution Theory, Child Abuse