TY - JOUR
T1 - Mothers of children with developmental disabilities
T2 - Stress in early and middle childhood
AU - Azad, Gazi
AU - Blacher, Jan
AU - Marcoulides, George A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper was based on the activities of the Collaborative Family Study, supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development , grant number: 34879-1459 (Drs. Bruce L. Baker, and Jan Blacher, PIs). We are indebted to our staff, to the doctoral students who worked on this study, and to the families who participated in this longitudinal research.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Using a sample of 219 families of children with (n= 94) and without (n= 125) developmental disabilities, this study examined the longitudinal perspectives of maternal stress in early (ages 3-5) and middle childhood (ages 6-13) and its relationship to mothers' and children's characteristics. Multivariate latent curve models indicated that maternal stress remained high and stable with minimal individual variation in early childhood, but declined with significant individual variation in middle childhood. Maternal stress at the beginning of middle childhood was associated with earlier maternal stress, as well as children's behavioral problems and social skills. The trajectory of maternal stress across middle childhood was related to children's behavioral problems. Implications for interventions are discussed.
AB - Using a sample of 219 families of children with (n= 94) and without (n= 125) developmental disabilities, this study examined the longitudinal perspectives of maternal stress in early (ages 3-5) and middle childhood (ages 6-13) and its relationship to mothers' and children's characteristics. Multivariate latent curve models indicated that maternal stress remained high and stable with minimal individual variation in early childhood, but declined with significant individual variation in middle childhood. Maternal stress at the beginning of middle childhood was associated with earlier maternal stress, as well as children's behavioral problems and social skills. The trajectory of maternal stress across middle childhood was related to children's behavioral problems. Implications for interventions are discussed.
KW - Developmental disabilities
KW - Intellectual disabilities
KW - Maternal stress
KW - Parenting stress
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.07.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.07.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 23920028
AN - SCOPUS:84882670024
SN - 0891-4222
VL - 34
SP - 3449
EP - 3459
JO - Research in Developmental Disabilities
JF - Research in Developmental Disabilities
IS - 10
ER -