scholarly journals Proces adaptacji rodziców do roli rodzicielskiej dziecka z zespołem Downa jako strategia radzenia sobie z sytuacją stresową

2018 ◽  
pp. 71-98
Author(s):  
Karolina Kaliszewska
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Parental Role ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Positive Assessment

The process of adaptation to the role of a parent of a child with Down Syndrome is very difficult, multi-staged and stress-causing both for mothers and for fathers. Coping with the parental stress is a constant challenge for mothers and fathers of a child with Down syndrome and it increases the significance of different types of social support. The choice of coping strategy influences parents’ cognitive abilities, competences of emotional and behavioural regulation and facilities more positive assessment of their intellectually disabled child. In case parents choose more adaptive, that is problem – focused coping strategy the adjustment to parental role proceed more fluent, or even more adequate. In addition, it has been proven that receiving social support and using accommodative coping style may boost the process of adaptation to parental role of a child with Down syndrome.

Positive Mental Health in Youth with ADHD: Exploring the Role of Social Support

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Laura Harris-Lane ◽  
Jacqueline Hesson ◽  
Ken Fowler ◽  
Nicholas Harris
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Mental Health ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Youth With Adhd

Positive mental health in youth has important implications for overall well-being. This study examined the extent to which different types of social support are associated with positive mental health among individuals, ages 15–24, diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Compared to respondents without a diagnosis of ADHD, those with a diagnosis had significantly lower scores on measures of positive mental health and on four of five types of social support. Among the five types of social support, social integration and reassurance of worth were found to be significant predictors of positive mental health in respondents diagnosed with ADHD.

Self-esteem of parents with intellectually disabled children in relation to the support of selected social groups

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Guzowski ◽  
E. Krajewska–Kułak
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
General Support ◽  
Sources Of Support

Introduction: In the literature on the problem of social support, besides family sources of support, (husband, wife, children, parents, siblings, relatives), a role of friends, acquaintances and neighbors is emphasized. Purpose: To assess types and level of support that parents receive from specific social groups. Materials and methods: The study included 108 mothers and 108 fathers of intellectually disabled children. We used the original questionnaire and the standardized scale of Social Support by KmiecikBaran. Results: There were differences between the parents in emotional support (standard deviation 3.519), the lowest in informative support (deviation 2.744). General support was poor in the opinion of 34.6% of the parents. Average institutional support related to 42.9% of the parents, strong evaluative support – 37.1% and strong emotional support – 41%. The parents received the strongest informative, institutional, evaluative and emotional support from nurses and physicians. Spouses of the examined gave them poor informative, emotional and institutional support and average evaluative support. Statistically, the fathers received significantly stronger evaluative and emotional support – by more than one point, and by more than 3 points in case of general support than mothers. Conclusions: The parents received average social support, however, it was below the average for the Polish adult population. The spouses gave them poor informative, emotional and institutional support and average evaluative support; teachers, physicians and nurses – average support in all categories, however, in case of the two latter – institutional and evaluative support was close to the above-average values. The fathers enjoyed moderately stronger evaluative, emotional and general support from teachers, physicians and nurses than mothers.

scholarly journals The role of communication technology across the life course: A field guide to social support in East York

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110568
Author(s):  
Anabel Quan-Haase ◽  
Molly-Gloria Harper ◽  
Barry Wellman
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Hard Times ◽  
The Life Course

This paper builds on a body of work over the decades that examines how East Yorkers give and receive support. We go beyond the earlier work taking into consideration communication technologies and how they play a role in the ways people exchange social support across the life course. We draw on 101 in-depth interviews conducted in 2013–2014 to shed light on the support networks of a sample of East York residents and discern the role of communication technologies in the exchange of different types of social support across age groups. Our findings show that not much has changed since the 1960s in terms of the social ties that our sample of East Yorkers have, and the types of support mobilized via social networks: companionship, small and large services, emotional aid, and financial support. What has changed is how communication technologies interweave in complex ways with different types of social ties (partners, siblings, friends, etc.) to mobilize social support. We found that communication technologies helped siblings and extended kin to increase the frequency of interaction and help exchange support at a distance. Communication technologies helped solidify friendship ties by providing a continuous flow of interaction. We draw implications for theories of social support and for social policy associated with interventions aimed at helping vulnerable groups cope in hard times such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paradygmat zignorowany. Macierzyństwo kobiet z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Wołowicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Informal Social Support ◽  
Disabled Women ◽  
Care Practices

The author analyses how intellectual disability and social and system conditions related to it influence decisions, reproductive rights and ways of experiencing motherhood. She asks questions about motherhood models of intellectually disabled women, the role of informal social support in parenthood and the ways of building, negotiating and crossing the norms of care practices of such women. She verifies the assumptions of participatory research, attempts to recognize the scope and possibilities of engaging women with intellectual disability in the research process.

scholarly journals Age and Social Support Seeking: Understanding the Role of Perceived Social Costs to Others

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 1104-1116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Jiang ◽  
Aimee Drolet ◽  
Heejung S. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Social Support Seeking ◽  
Support Seeking

We examined age differences in the use of different types of social support and the reasons for these differences. We found that older adults (age 60+) seek explicit social support less compared with young adults (age 18-25), but there is no difference in implicit social support seeking. Concerns about the potential social costs of seeking explicit support mediate the age differences in explicit social support seeking. Whereas young adults view this strategy as conferring more benefits than costs, older adults have a more balanced view of the costs and benefits of explicit social support seeking. Older and young adults do not differ in perceptions of the relative costs versus benefits of implicit social support seeking. Finally, we found older adults benefit more from implicit (vs. explicit) social support emotionally than young adults, which further explains why age groups differ in their use of explicit versus implicit social support.

Psychological Adjustment to Conjugal Bereavement: Do Social Networks Aid Coping following Spousal Death?

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nceba Z. Somhlaba ◽  
John W. Wait
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Spousal Bereavement ◽  
Conjugal Bereavement ◽  
Conjugally Bereaved

This research sought to investigate the role of social networks in coping and adjustment to spousal bereavement. A total of 198 Xhosa-speaking participants, drawn from the rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, took part in the study. Quantitative data analyses revealed significant correlations between perceived social support on Social Support Appraisals scale and the anxiety scores on the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition and the problem-solving coping strategy scale on the Coping Strategy Indicator. Regression analyses revealed that depression contributed to increased social support appraisals, while anxiety was a significant negative predictor of the participants' experience of perceived social support. The authors highlight the need for bereavement intervention programs in the rural areas to be geared toward psycho-educating the conjugally bereaved individuals, within the socio-cultural framework, to continuously evaluate their support structures and strengthen ties with social networks that render support, instrumental assistance, and advice in times of need.

scholarly journals Links Between Rumination and Sleep Quality Among Older Adults: An Examination of the Role of Social Support

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 562-562
Author(s):  
Christina Marini ◽  
Stephanie Wilson ◽  
Suyoung Nah ◽  
Lynn Martire ◽  
Martin Sliwinski
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Spousal Support ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Maladaptive Coping ◽  
Friend Support

Abstract Rumination is a maladaptive coping strategy that gives rise to and sustains stress. Individuals who ruminate more, therefore, tend to sleep more poorly. Studies of rumination and sleep often neglect the role of social context. Social support may buffer the degree to which rumination predicts poorer sleep quality. Further, individuals with more support may ruminate less, resulting in better sleep quality. Finally, rumination may also erode social support, resulting in poorer sleep quality. The current study tested these three hypotheses within a sample of 131 partnered older adults. We examined support from spouses and friends/family separately. Findings indicated that spousal (not family/friend) support buffered the negative association between rumination and sleep quality. Neither type of support predicted rumination; however, rumination predicted lower levels of family/friend (not spousal) support. Thus, spousal support protects older adults’ sleep quality from rumination, and support from their peripheral ties may be more vulnerable to rumination.

The Role of HSA21 Encoded Mirna in Down Syndrome Pathophysiology:Opportunities in miRNA-Targeted Pharmacotherapy and Diagnosis of the Down Syndrome

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-312
Author(s):  
Shabnam Mahernia ◽  
Sajad Sarvari ◽  
Yousef Fatahi ◽  
Massoud Amanlou
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Protein Translation ◽  
Chromosome 21 ◽  
Extra Copy ◽  
Coding Regions ◽  
Small Molecule Inhibition ◽  
Microrna Genes

Trisomy 21 is the most prevalent aneuploidy disorder among live-born children worldwide. Itresults from the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21 which leads to a wide spectrum ofpathophysiological abnormalities and intellectual disabilities. Nevertheless human chromosome21 (HSA21) possess protein non-coding regions where HAS-21 derived-microRNA genes aretranscribed from. In turn, these HSA21-derived miRNAs curb protein translation of severalgenes which are essential to meet memory and cognitive abilities. From the genetics andmolecular biology standpoints, dissecting the mechanistic relationship between DS pathology/symptoms and five chromosome 21-encoded miRNAs including miR-99a, let-7c, miR-125b-2,miR-155 and miR-802 seems pivotal for unraveling novel therapeutic targets. Recently,several studies have successfully carried out small molecule inhibition of miRNAs function,maturation, and biogenesis. One might assume in the case of DS trisomy, the pharmacologicalinhibition of these five overexpressed miRNAs might open new avenues for amelioration of theDS symptoms and complications. In this review, we primarily elucidated the role of HSA21-encoded miRNAs in the DS pathology which in turn introduced and addressed importanttherapeutic targets. Moreover, we reviewed relevant pharmaceutical efforts that based theirgoals on inhibition of these pathological miRNAs at their different biogenesis steps. We havealso discussed the challenges that undermine and question the reliability of miRNAs as noneinvasivebiomarkers in prenatal diagnosis.

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