Defense Activities and Coping Strategies at Children with Cerebral Palsy and their Parents

The study aims to compare adolescents coping strategies and coping styles depending on their gender and health status. Sample was subdivided into 3 groups: 1) healthy, 2) adolescents with cerebral palsy (congenital disability), 3) adolescents with oncology and rheumatic diseases (acquired disability). The sample size is 244 adolescents from 13 to 18 years old. 86 healthy subjects (37 boys and 24 girls, M=15.03+1.39 y.o.), 61 with oncology of the brain and spinal cord (46 boys and 40 girls, M=14.96+1.52 y.o.), 46 with rheumatic diseases (17 boys and 29 girls, M=14.70+1.50 y.o.), and 51 with cerebral palsy (28 boys and 23 girls, M=15.30+1.17 y.o.). The R. Carver' COPE questionnaire, adapted by Ye.I. Rasskazova, T.O. Gordeyeva, Ye.N. Osin was used. It is found that adolescents with acquired disabilities use coping strategies similar to healthy peers, in contrast to adolescents with cerebral palsy, whose coping strategies are diverse. Adolescents in two clinical groups are more likely seeking support in religion than healthy ones, which reduces the stress impact by disability. Cognitively oriented coping styles is higher among healthy sample, emotionally oriented ones among adolescents with acquired disabilities, and dysfunctional ones among adolescents with cerebral palsy. Different trends in the intensity of coping strategies in clinical and healthy groups depending on gender are revealed.

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Coping Strategies and Resolution in Mothers of Children With Cerebral Palsy

Journal of Loss and Trauma ◽

10.1080/15325024.2017.1297659 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (5) ◽

pp. 385-395 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tatjana Krstić ◽

Ljiljana Mihić ◽

Marina Oros

Keyword(s):

Cerebral Palsy ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Children With Cerebral Palsy

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Family stress and its coping strategies related to children with cerebral palsy at Azadi Teaching Hospital in Kirkuk City

Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development ◽

10.5958/0976-5506.2018.00908.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. 1286

Author(s):

Eman Abbass Ahmed ◽

Khatam M. Al-Mosawi

Keyword(s):

Cerebral Palsy ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Teaching Hospital ◽

Family Stress ◽

Children With Cerebral Palsy

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Stress and Coping among Caregivers with Cerebral Palsy and ADHD Children

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0403.003 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Pushpalatha. R ◽

Shivakumara. K

Keyword(s):

Cerebral Palsy ◽

Short Form ◽

Female Parent ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Stress Index ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Adhd Children ◽

Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽

Parent Caregivers ◽

And Coping

The aim was to study stress and coping between parent caregivers of children with cerebral palsy and ADHD children. 120 parent caregivers, of them 30 male and 30 female parent caregivers having children with cerebral palsy and 30 male and 30 female parent caregivers having children with ADHD were considered for the study. The male parent caregiver’s age ranged between 28-40years and the female parent caregiver’s age ranged between 22-30 years. The disabled children age ranged between 7-12 years. A between group research design with purposive sampling technique was opted for the study. After obtaining socio-demographic details the caregivers were administered Parenting Stress Index (Short Form) and Coping Checklist. The data was subjected to‘t’ test to find the significant difference between the two sample groups. Results revealed that there was significant difference in stress and coping between caregivers of cerebral palsy children and caregivers of ADHD children.

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Pain coping strategies in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology ◽

10.1111/dmcn.14204 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 61 (11) ◽

pp. 1329-1335 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Emmanuelle Chaleat‐Valayer ◽

Fabienne Roumenoff ◽

Rachel Bard‐Pondarre ◽

Christell Ganne ◽

Stephane Verdun ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cerebral Palsy ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Pain Coping ◽

Children With Cerebral Palsy

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Prevalence of Speech Problems and the Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Registry-Based Study in Norway

Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication ◽

10.1044/aac19.1.12 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 12-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Guro Andersen ◽

Tone R. Mjøen ◽

Torstein Vik

Keyword(s):

Cerebral Palsy ◽

Motor Function ◽

Gestational Age ◽

Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽

Alternative Communication ◽

Gross Motor ◽

Gross Motor Function ◽

Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽

Communicative Abilities ◽

Normal Speech

Abstract This study describes the prevalence of speech problems and the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Norway. Information on the communicative abilities of 564 children with CP born 1996–2003, recorded in the Norwegian CP Registry, was collected. A total of 270 children (48%) had normal speech, 90 (16%) had slightly indistinct speech, 52 (9%) had indistinct speech, 35 (6%) had very indistinct speech, 110 children (19%) had no speech, and 7 (1%) were unknown. Speech problems were most common in children with dyskinetic CP (92 %), in children with the most severe gross motor function impairments and among children being totally dependent on assistance in feeding or tube-fed children. A higher proportion of children born at term had speech problems when compared with children born before 32 weeks of gestational age 32 (p > 0.001). Among the 197 children with speech problems only, 106 (54%) used AAC in some form. Approximately 20% of children had no verbal speech, whereas ~15% had significant speech problems. Among children with either significant speech problems or no speech, only 54% used AAC in any form.

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