Do beliefs influence posttraumatic growth in fathers of children with intellectual disabilities?

Byra, Stanisława; Ćwirynkało, Katarzyna

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103687

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“…Our regression model for parental PTG explained a small amount of variance. Due to the limited research in the predictive factors of PTG among parents of children with IDD, current studies, including ours, haven’t revealed key framework of predicting their PTG (Alon, 2019 ; Byra & Ćwirynkało, 2020 ). The roles of sense of hope and self-efficacy in the model proposed by Byra and Ćwirynkało ( 2020 ) may play an important role but have not yet been tested widely.…”

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confidence: 84%

Risk and protective factors for posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth in parents of children with intellectual and developmental disorders

Xiong

McGrath

Stewart

et al. 2022

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Parents of children with intellectual and developmental disorders often experience potentially traumatic events while caring for their children. Heightened posttraumatic stress (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) have been found in this population. Objective: We aimed to explore risk and protective factors for their PTS and PTG. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 385 parents (average age M = 43.14 years, SD = 7.40; 95.3% mothers). Results: Parenting trauma showed an adverse effect on developing PTS (beta = 0.25, p < .01) and a positive role in promoting PTG (beta = 0.16, p < .01). Social support was protective in its correlation with lower levels of PTS (beta = −0.12, p < .01) and higher levels of PTG (beta = 0.22, p < .01). Barriers to care were associated with increased PTS (beta = 0.23, p < .01), but unrelated to PTG (beta = .01, p = .855). Negative parenting showed a significant, but small, correlation with more severe PTS (beta = 0.11, p < .05), and was unrelated to PTG (beta = −0.09, p = .065). Conclusions: Our study increases the understanding of posttraumatic reactions in parents, predominantly mothers, of children with IDD and identified parenting-related trauma, social support, and barriers to mental health care as predictive factors of the reactions. More research is needed to confirm and validate the effects of the discussed factors. Although causation can not be inferred, prompt and adequate screening and therapeutic resources should be provided to those mothers who were exposed to multiple stressful caregiving events and had limited healthcare access and less support from their spouses, peers, and caregiving partners. HIGHLIGHTS Parents of a child with Intellectual and Developmental Disorders with parenting trauma had higher posttraumatic stress (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG). Social support was related to lower PTS and higher PTG. Barriers to care were related to higher PTS but unrelated to PTG.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

Risk and protective factors for posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth in parents of children with intellectual and developmental disorders

Xiong

McGrath

Stewart

et al. 2022

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…PTG is linked to beliefs about the world since cognitive assumptions about the world must consider a new assessment of unfortunate situations and circumstances when experiencing positive psychological changes (Calhoun & Tedeschi, 2006;Janoff-Bulman, 2006) . People with higher PTG are more involved in reconstruing their cognitive beliefs (Tomich & Helgeson, 2004;Brooks et al ., 2017), have stronger beliefs about the order and purposefulness of the world (Byra & Ćwirynkało, 2020), and adopt flexible coping strategies, both approach and avoidance-oriented coping (Kunz et al ., 2018;Byra, 2019) . Based on the cited research results, it can be assumed that the moderation model will explain how the relationship between beliefs about the world and coping at different levels of PTG changes in adult siblings of people with ID .…”

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Beliefs About the World and Coping Strategies in Siblings of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: The Moderating Effect of Posttraumatic Growth

Byra,

Ćwirynkało

2024

PBE

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Research question: Is there a relationship between beliefs about the word and coping strategies in siblings of adults with intelectual disabilities (ID) and whether posttraumatic growth (PTG) moderates the association. Methods: One hundred and seventy-two siblings of people with ID were included in the sample. The main outcome measures used were the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), the World Assumptions Scale (WAS) and the Coping Orientations to Problem Experienced (COPE).The studies were conducted in Poland. The associations between the variables were examined using correlation and moderation analyses. In the moderation model, beliefs about the world were posited as a predictor, PTG as the moderator, and coping strategies as outcome variables. Main results: Befiefs about the world were significantly associated with the different coping strategies. PTG (total score and indyvidual dimensions, except for spiritual changes) positively correlates with befiefs about the kindness of the world and has significant links with the various coping strategies. PTG moderates the association between befiefs about the world and coping strategies in siblings of adults with ID. Conclusions: Beliefs about the world and coping strategies are significantly related and their associations in moderated by PTG in siblings of adults with ID.

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“…Conversely, the negative experiences are enormous: concern for the future, limited access to services, stress, and behavior management [ 14 , 25 ]. Additionally, faith, hope, and motivation are important coping mechanisms that enable fathers to embrace their children with ID [ 11 , 14 , 18 – 20 ].…”

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Fathers’ involvement in raising children with intellectual disabilities: Mothers’ ratings of the contribution of their spouses

Mohamed,

Opoku,

Safi

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Background Intellectual disability (ID) is a lifelong condition characterized by individuals’ inability to perform cognitive tasks and participate in daily living activities. While parenting children with ID has been reported to be demanding, studies draw mainly on mothers. In contexts such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there is little literature on fathers’ involvement in raising children with IDs. Objectives The purpose of this study was to explore, from the perspectives of mothers, the extent of fathers’ involvement in raising children with ID in the UAE. Methods One hundred and fifty-eight (N = 158) mothers with children with ID completed the fathers’ involvement in disability and rehabilitation scale. Mothers who had enrolled their children with ID in special schools or receiving services at rehabilitation centres were invited to participate in this study. The data were subjected to the following analyses: mean computation, multivariate analysis of variance, hierarchical regression, and moderation analysis. Results The results showed high fatherly support, participation in training, and contribution to the development of their children with ID. However, the mothers’ ratings showed the fathers’ ambivalence toward parenting children with ID. A relationship was found between attitude and support, as well as marital status and the educational level of mothers, providing insight into the involvement of fathers. Conclusion The study recommends training programs aimed at improving the attitudes of fathers toward raising children with ID and other study implications.

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Do beliefs influence posttraumatic growth in fathers of children with intellectual disabilities?

Cited by 8 publications

References 55 publications

Risk and protective factors for posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth in parents of children with intellectual and developmental disorders

Risk and protective factors for posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth in parents of children with intellectual and developmental disorders

Beliefs About the World and Coping Strategies in Siblings of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: The Moderating Effect of Posttraumatic Growth

Fathers’ involvement in raising children with intellectual disabilities: Mothers’ ratings of the contribution of their spouses

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