Depression and Suicidal Ideation among Mothers of Children with Intellectual Disability: An Examination of Moderating Effect of Social Support

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-37
Author(s):  
Hyun Sung Lim
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Children With Intellectual Disability

Burden, Social Support, and Life Satisfaction Among Caregivers of Children With Intellectual Disability: The Case of Felege Abay and Shembt Primary Schools, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fentanesh Gebeyehu ◽  
Amare Sahile ◽  
Meseret Ayalew
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
T Test ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Children With Intellectual Disability

This study was conducted to examine the burden, social support, and life satisfaction among caregivers of children with intellectual disability. The level of burden, social support, and life satisfaction of caregivers; the relationship among burden level, social support, and life satisfaction; and burden level difference across sociodemographic characteristics of the participants were the objectives of this study. With inclusion criteria of availability, willingness, and pertinent priority of being parents, grandparents, and siblings of the child, 74 caregivers were selected using comprehensive sampling technique. Descriptive statistics, one sample t test, Pearson correlation coefficient, independent sample t test, and one-way analysis of variance, were used for data analysis. The findings revealed that caregivers are experiencing much level of burden with inadequate social support and have pitiable satisfaction in their life. Burden is negatively correlated with social support and life satisfaction, but social support is positively correlated with satisfaction in life. Some of the sociodemographic variables, such as sex and school, were showing significant differences in the experiences of burden level, while all other sociodemographic variables used in this study were not having significant difference. The result implied that caregivers are in need of social support so as to outweigh the level of burden and enhance their satisfaction in life.

The Experience of Stress and Personal Growth Among Grandparents of Children With and Without Intellectual Disability

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liora Findler
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Experience Of Stress ◽  
Self Differentiation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Children With Intellectual Disability

Abstract The aim of this research was to examine the contribution of internal and external resources to stress and personal growth among grandparents of children with and without an intellectual disability. Ninety-four grandparents of children with intellectual disability and 105 grandparents of children without intellectual disability completed the following scales: Multidimensional Experience of Grandparenthood; Multidimensional Scale for Perceived Social Support, Level of Differentiation of Self Scale, Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. Results indicate that group differences are reflected in higher negative emotions among grandparents of children without intellectual disability. In addition, both stress and growth are related to better health, lower level of education, family cohesiveness, and negative emotions. However, whereas stress is associated with the internal resource of self-differentiation, the external resource of social support, and the cost of grandparenthood, growth is associated with gender and the symbolic and behavioral aspects of the grandparenting role. This study aimed to correct the nearly exclusive focus in the literature on negativity, stress, and the burden of grandparenting children with intellectual disability, as well as to test the pervasive assumption that the absence of disability results in an almost entirely positive grandparenting experience with nearly no negative affect.

scholarly journals Quality of Life of Mothers of Children with Intellectual Disability: Do Social Support, Maternal Stress and Socio-Economic Status Play a Role?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Udeme Jacob ◽  
Jace Pillay ◽  
Bolanle Misitura Oyundoyin
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Maternal Stress ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Children With Intellectual Disability

This study investigate the influence of perceived social support, maternal stress and socio-economic status on quality of life of mothers of children with intellectual disability, Oyo State, Nigeria. A total of 93 mothers of children with intellectual disability were respondents to a structured questionnaire. Findings revealed that perceived social support and socio-economic status had significant positive relationship with quality of life of mothers of children with intellectual disability. Result showed that the relationship between maternal stress and quality of life was negative and significant.  Moreover, the study revealed that perceived social support had the highest relative contribution on quality of life of mothers followed by socio-economic status while the least was by maternal stress. Furthermore, the joint contribution of perceived social support, maternal stress and socio-economic status on quality of life of mothers was significant; therefore, the three variables should be given proper consideration so as to enhance quality of life mothers of children with intellectual disability.

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