Correlation Between the Mental Health and Relationship Patterns of Mothers of Children with an Intellectual Disability

Mohammadi, Zahra; Sadeghian, Efat; Shamsaei, Farshid; Eskandari, Fatemeh

doi:10.1080/1034912x.2021.1895083

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“…Compared with other family caregivers, such as fathers and siblings, mothers may be at a higher risk of psychosocial difficulties because of the lack of social support, low income and being forced to be unemployed 20 21. Mothers are also known to devote enormous amounts of time and energy to caring for children with ID, which subjects them to intensive stress, marital issues, psychological disturbance, disrupted social lives, poor physical health and uncertainty about the future 22–26. Furthermore, the mothers of younger or school-age children with ID have reported experiencing more stress than the mothers of older children with ID, as younger children require higher levels of care.…”

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Protocol for a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a dyadic expressive arts-based intervention in improving the psychosocial well-being of children with intellectual disability in special schools and their mothers

Wan

Fong

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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IntroductionMothers of children with intellectual disability (ID) are often distressed because of intensive workloads and difficulties in communicating with their children. Given the interdependence between the psychosocial well-being of such dyads, interventions that promote parent–child relationships and mutual communication would be beneficial. Arts provide alternative avenues for expression and offer an imaginative and playful environment for discovering new communication strategies. Given the lack of studies on arts-based dyadic interventions, this study aims to examine the effectiveness of dyadic expressive arts-based intervention (EXAT) in improving the psychosocial outcomes of children with ID and their mothers and the mother–child relationships.Methods and analysisThis study will adopt a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial design, wherein 154 dyads of children with ID and their mothers will be randomised into either the dyadic EXAT group or the treatment-as-usual waitlist control group. Quantitative data will be collected at four time points: baseline (T0), postintervention (T1), 3-month postintervention (T2) and 6-month postintervention (T3). Qualitative data will be collected from a subset of 30 mothers in the intervention group at T1and T3to document their experiences and perceived changes after the intervention. Mixed-effects models and path analysis will be adopted to analyse the quantitative data, whereas thematic analysis will be applied to the qualitative data. Both sets of data will be triangulated for an integrated view of the effectiveness and mechanism of the intervention.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval has been obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Hong Kong (Ref. no.: EA200329). Written consent forms will be obtained from all recruited participants (mothers, children with ID and teachers/social workers) before data collection. The study findings will be disseminated in international conferences and peer-reviewed academic journals.Trial registration numberNCT05214859.

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Protocol for a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a dyadic expressive arts-based intervention in improving the psychosocial well-being of children with intellectual disability in special schools and their mothers

Wan

Fong

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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Resilience, self-activation and coping strategies of mothers in the of their children's disability

Odintsova,

Lubovsky,

Gusarova

et al. 2023

Консультативная Психология И Психотерапия

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<p>Aim. The study is focused on studying the manifestations of resilience, self-activation and coping strategies of mothers depending on the type of challenge, assessment of its strength and the presence/absence of disability in their children. Materials and methods. The study involved women (N=271) aged 24 to 55 years, including 156 mothers of healthy children and 115 mothers of children with disabilities. A socio-biographical questionnaire and a package of techniques were used: Self-activation technique (M.A. Odintsova, N.P. Radchikova); Resilience test (E.N. Osin, E.I. Rasskazova); SORET questionnaire (E.I. Rasskazova, T.O. Gordeeva, E.N. Osin). Results and conclusions. The relationship between the social and demographic characteristics of mothers and their assessments of the situation of the call is revealed. Less constructive coping strategies (mental withdrawal from the problem, denial, behavioral care, etc.) are more often used by mothers with a high assessment of the strength of the challenge; positive reformulation, humor and planning are more often used with low assessments of the strength of the challenges, regardless of the presence of disabled children in the family. Mothers raising children with disabilities are characterized by lower rates of physical activation, the level of which is lower with high estimates of the strength of the challenge.</p>

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Correlation Between the Mental Health and Relationship Patterns of Mothers of Children with an Intellectual Disability

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Protocol for a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a dyadic expressive arts-based intervention in improving the psychosocial well-being of children with intellectual disability in special schools and their mothers

Protocol for a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a dyadic expressive arts-based intervention in improving the psychosocial well-being of children with intellectual disability in special schools and their mothers

Resilience, self-activation and coping strategies of mothers in the of their children's disability

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