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Direct linkGrey, Jillian M.; Totsika, Vasiliki; Hastings, Richard P. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: Placement behaviours of families of adults with intellectual disabilities has received little or no attention of researches to date. Methods: A prospective design was adopted to examine changes in placement decisions of 75 family carers over a 12-month period. Factors associated with changes were also examined. Results: Over 12 months,…
Descriptors: Placement, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Caregivers
Paynter, Jessica; Davies, Michael; Beamish, Wendi – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2018
Background: Despite decades of research on family adaptation in relation to caring for a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the wellbeing of fathers remains poorly understood. Method: The present study sought to investigate experiences of fathers of young children with ASD aged between 2-and-a-half and 6 years attending an ASD-specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fathers, Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship
Gray, Jennifer A.; Muramatsu, Naoko – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2013
Background: Previous research indicates that work stress contributes to intentions to quit among direct care workers (DCWs) who provide services to people with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD). Though resources can help DCWs cope and remain in a job, little is known about how various dimensions of work stress and resources (social…
Descriptors: Interaction, Developmental Disabilities, Locus of Control, Caregivers
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
Dukmak, Samir – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: This research investigated the impact that children with intellectual disability in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may have on their families. Method: Sixty-three parents completed three scales related to parent stress, ways of coping, and parenting satisfaction. Results: There were significant relationships between emotional-focused…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Child Rearing, Arabs, Coping
Phelps, Kenneth W.; McCammon, Susan L.; Wuensch, Karl L.; Golden, Jeannie A. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: Past researchers have focused primarily on the associated negative impact of caring for a child with special needs. In this study, caregivers report the enrichment and stress of caring for a child with an autism spectrum disorder. Method Eighty caregivers completed the "Social Communication Questionnaire" (SCQ), "Effects of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Caregivers, Measures (Individuals), Severity (of Disability)
Lloyd, Tracey; Hastings, Richard P. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: Psychological mechanisms may help to explain the variance observed in parental psychological adjustment in parents of children with intellectual disability (ID). In this study, parental locus of control and its role in relation to maternal psychological well-being was explored. Method: Questionnaires were sent to 91 mothers of children…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mothers, Mental Retardation, Parents
