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Stress and resilience for parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a review of key factors and recommendations for practitioners
- Authors:
- PEER Justin W., HILLMAN Stephen B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(2), 2014, pp.92-98.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Parents of children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities experience more stress in comparison to parents of normally developing children. Chronic stress could negatively influence parents' health while also impacting their ability to meet their child's needs. Despite this, there is a subset of parents who remain resilient in the face of significant stress in their lives. Knowledge of the factors that promote parental resilience could positively impact the services these families receive. The authors conducted a systematic review of research article databases and found support for coping style, optimism, and social support as resilience factors for parents of children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Awareness of variables that promote resilience for parents of children with intellectual and/or development disabilities is likely to inform clinical practice through offering new avenues for clinical focus in all phases of family-centered care. (Publisher abstract)
The mediating impact of coping style on stress perception for parents of individuals with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- PEER Justin W., HILLMAN Stephen B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 16(1), March 2012, pp.45-59.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Previous research reveals that parents of individuals with intellectual disabilities experience more stress than parents of persons of normal development. Several factors may be associated with the level of stress experienced by these parents, including their personality traits (such as their level of optimism), the severity of the child’s disability, and the amount of social support they receive. How a parent copes with stress could ultimately determine whether or not stress is experienced. For this study, an indirect pathway model was developed to examine the mediating influence of coping style on the relationship between social support, severity of child disability, parental optimism, and stress perception for parents of children with intellectual disabilities. The study participants were 127 parents of individuals receiving mental health services through an agency in Southeastern Michigan. The participants completed a survey contained a number of standardised instruments. The results indicate that coping style partially mediates the relationship between social support and stress perception for these parents. Implications for practice are discussed.