Using Quality of Family Life Factors to Explore Parents’ Experience of Educational Provision for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Rural Australia

Background: It is well established that caregivers of children with developmental disabilities experience greater stress than caregivers of children without developmental disabilities. However, the experience of stress is dependent on the types of coping strategies that are used to manage stress. Such stress also affects the quality of life (QoL) of parents. Thus, parents of children with disabilities have specific mental health needs which play an important role in affecting their own and their child's QoL. Aim: To study coping as a determinant of QoL of mothers of children with intellectual disability (ID) and children with autism. Methodology: The sample consisted of 100 mothers of children (between 5-12 years of age) selected with purposive sampling, having an ID (n=50) or autism (n=50), diagnosed as per ICD-10 DCR criteria. In addition, the diagnostic assessment was also based on psychometric testing. Types of coping were assessed using Ways of Coping Questionnaires. QoL of caregivers was assessed by WHOQoL-BREF. Result: Multiple regression analysis revealed that seeking social support and planful problem solving were significant determinants of all four domains of QoL. Escape avoidance was a significant determinant of physical, psychological and social domains of QoL of mothers. Positive reappraisal significantly predicted the psychological and social domains of QoL in mothers. Conclusion: Types of coping are the determinant of QoL of mothers of children with ID and autism. Keywords: Quality of life, coping, autism

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BERPIKIR KRITIS DAN BERPIKIR KREATIF PEKERJA PEREMPUAN DI SURABAYA UNTUK KESEJAHTERAAN KELUARGA MELALUI PENINGKATAN KUALITAS HIDUP KELUARGA

Media Mahardhika ◽

10.29062/mahardika.v18i3.166 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 287

Author(s):

Rina Dewi ◽

Wiratna Wiratna

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Critical Thinking ◽

Women Workers ◽

Family Life ◽

Latent Variable ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Family Welfare ◽

Quality Of Family Life

The purpose of this study is to look at the effect of critical thinking and creative thinking on family welfare through intervening variables of quality of life in women workers in Surabaya. The concept of a research framework is built on understanding existing theories about critical thinking, creative thinking and reconstruction of family welfare through the quality of family life. This study consisted of 305 samples of female workers in Surabaya who had school-age children. Data obtained from questionnaires distributed to respondents. Using Structural Equation Modeling statistical modeling techniques, with Stata 14 Software. Critical thinking and creative thinking are needed for women workers to be able to do time, mind and energy management for office work and household chores so that a better quality of life will ultimately lead to family welfare. From this study the results were obtained the first model Y = 0.51 X1 + 0.47 X2, which means that exogenous variables consisting of critical thinking (X1) and creative thinking have a positive and significant effect on intervening endogenous variables, namely quality of life (Y) The Second Model Z = 0.93 Y which means the quality of life variable (Y) has a positive and significant effect on the dependent variable namely family welfare (Z). All latent variable indicators have a positive and significant effect with z values> 1.96. This research illustrates the importance of critical thinking and creative thinking for women workers in fighting for the quality of family life in order to achieve a prosperous family. This cannot be formed quickly, it takes time to continue to enrich themselves with new knowledge and insights.

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Perception of Quality of Care: Experiences of Families With Children With Developmental Disabilities

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e571262014-001 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Laura Fontil ◽

Daniella Goldberg ◽

Ingrid Sladeczek ◽

Nancy Miodrag

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Care ◽

Developmental Disabilities ◽

Perception Of Quality ◽

Families With Children ◽

Children With Developmental Disabilities

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FAMILY IMPACT ANALYSIS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.61.5.731 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 61 (5) ◽

pp. 731-731

Author(s):

Mary Jo Bane ◽

Keyword(s):

Family Life ◽

Impact Analysis ◽

Environmental Values ◽

Family Values ◽

Government Policies ◽

Family Impact ◽

Environmental Impact Analysis ◽

Federal Policies ◽

Quality Of Family Life

The idea of family impact statements came from participants in the 1973 Senate subcommittee hearings who recognized that government policies, or the lack of them, affect families in unintended and often harmful ways. Both the structure and the quality of family life are powerfully influenced by inflation, unemployment, health care, housing, and income security—all areas in which government makes policy without specifically considering its impact on families. The goal of an impact analysis would be to identify, document, and make public the effects of federal policies on families. The process of preparing and publicizing the statements would at best encourage legislation and programs that enhance family life. At the least, family values would be balanced against other goals as, for example, environmental impact analysis often balances environmental values against economic growth.

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