Parenting Stress in Families of Children with Disabilities

Using measures of child and family functioing, this study evaluated levels of parenting stress in 880 families of children with disabilities. Results suggest that factors such as income, time available for interaction with the child, and social support predict parenting stress much better than do as...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of orthopsychiatry 2001-04, Vol.71 (2), p.257-261
Hauptverfasser:	Smith, Timothy B, Oliver, Matthew N.I, Innocenti, Mark S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Caregiver Burden Childhood Development Childrearing Practices Children Children & youth Clinical psychology Developmental Disabilities Developmentally delayed children Disability Disabled Children Disorders Families Families & family life Family Family environment. Family history Family Health Family Relations Female Human Humans Income Infant Male Medical sciences Mental health Mental stress Mentally Retarded Parent-Child Relations Parental Attitudes Parental Stress Parenthood Parenting Parents Parents & parenting People with disabilities Prediction Psychological Stress Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry Social Support Stress Stress, Psychological Time Management
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Zusammenfassung:	Using measures of child and family functioing, this study evaluated levels of parenting stress in 880 families of children with disabilities. Results suggest that factors such as income, time available for interaction with the child, and social support predict parenting stress much better than do aspects of child functioning. Implications for intervention and for future research are discussed.
ISSN:	0002-9432 1939-0025
DOI:	10.1037/0002-9432.71.2.257