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Assessment of the relationship between parenting stress and a child's ability to functionally communicate
- Authors:
- ELLO Linda M., DONOVAN Sandra J.
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 15(6), November 2005, pp.531-544.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Using a two-group, cross-sectional survey design, this American study explored the relationship between parenting stress and a child’s ability to functionally communicate within families who participated in an early intervention developmental disability programme with respect to total stress as well as domain-specific stress. In addition, this study described how this relationship differed with respect to key demographic characteristics. Sixty four parents were included in the study. The findings suggest that a child’s ability to functionally communicate does negatively relate to the level of parenting stress in the parent-child subsystem. Implications for both social work practice and policy are presented.