Maternal and paternal stress in families with school-aged children with disabilities

Maternal and paternal stress in families with school-aged children with disabilities

Keller D; Honig AS

The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry

2004

Child; Female; Humans; Male; Stress; Family/psychology; Mothers/psychology; social support; Parent caregivers; disabled children; Psychological/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology

This study examined stress factors in families with a school-aged child with a disability. Path analyses revealed that children's demandingness and neediness for care was related more to maternal stress and that child's acceptability was related more to paternal stress. Professionals who serve families with children with disabilities may need to devise more specialized support programs to help fathers become emotionally close to their atypical children and may need to provide more respite services for mothers. To assist parents of school-aged children with disabilities, support services may also need to extend beyond the usual early childhood period.

2004

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