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Young adults with severe intellectual disability: culture, parent, and sibling impact
- Authors:
- LAUDERDALE-LITTIN Stacy, BLACHER Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 42(3), 2017, pp.230-239.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Background: Having a child with intellectual disability impacts all family members, with both parents and siblings having to adjust. Negative impact on the typically developing sibling, specifically, has been shown to vary based on caregiving responsibilities and mothers’ stress level. Method: This study gathered information from 238 Latina and Anglo mothers of young adults with intellectual disability to explore sibling negative impact related to maternal stress, positive feelings about parenting, sibling diagnostic category, and cultural group. Results: Mothers experiencing more stress reported higher levels of sibling impact; mothers with more positive feelings about parenting reported lower levels of negative impact, with Latina mothers reporting higher levels of stress and positive feelings about parenting. Anglo mothers, however, were less likely to designate a sibling as a future caregiver. Conclusions: These findings suggest culture and diagnostic classification should be given more attention relative to their impact on typically developing siblings. (Publisher abstract)
Fathers' and mothers perceptions of father involvement in families with young children with a disability
- Authors:
- SIMMERMAN Susan, BLACHER Jan, BAKER Bruce L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 26(4), December 2001, pp.325-338.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study assessed 60 families at two time points about 1.5 years apart. There was high agreement between mother and fathers concerning the extent of fathers' help, which was highest in the areas of playing, nurturing, discipline, and deciding on services. Most mothers were satisfied with the extent of fathers' help. Mothers' satisfaction with fathers' help related more strongly to indicators of family well-being that the actual extent of fathers' help. The implications of father involvement considerations for counselling are considered.