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Predictors of care-giver stress in families of preschool-aged children with developmental disabilities
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BACKGROUND: This study examined the predictors, mediators and moderators of parent stress in families of preschool-aged children with developmental disability. METHOD: One hundred and five mothers of preschool-aged children with developmental disability completed assessment measures addressing the key variables. RESULTS: Analyses demonstrated that the difficulty parents experienced in completing specific care- giving tasks, behaviour problems during these care-giving tasks, and level of child disability, respectively, were significant predictors of level of parent stress. In addition, parents' cognitive appraisal of care-giving responsibilities had a mediating effect on the relationship between the child's level of disability and parent stress. Mothers' level of social support had a moderating effect on the relationship between key independent variables and level of parent stress. CONCLUSIONS: Difficulty of care-giving tasks, difficult child behaviour during care-giving tasks, and level of child disability are the primary factors which contribute to parent stress. Implications of these findings for future research and clinical practice are outlined.
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“Several papers reported the beneficial effects of PT groups as classic support to increase parenting skills in managing the behavior of children with ASD [31,32,33,34] while reducing parental stress.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Plant, K. M., & Sanders, M. R.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Sanders, M. R.
- ORCID
- Sanders, M. R.
- Venue
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-01-08
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 109-124
- ISSN
- 0964-2633 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2788
- OpenAlex
- W2142788651
- Cited by
- 361
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 27 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 13.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Apex Foundation
- Australian Research Council
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Keywords
- parent stress, caregiver stress, developmental disabilities, preschool children, mothers, caregiving responsibilities, child behavior problems, social support, cognitive appraisal, mediators and moderators
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Child, Preschool, Demography, Female, Humans, Male, Severity of Illness Index, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Caregivers
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