Health-related quality of life and psychological wellbeing of children with Specific Learning Disorders and their mothers

Linking Early Life Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Functioning, Brain Asymmetries, and Personality Traits in Dyslexia: An Informative Case Study

“…Similarly, high levels of tension, anxiety, and depression in students and adolescents with learning disorders (LD) have been reported (Wilson et al, 2009; Panicker and Chelliah, 2016), while Lufi and Awwad (2013) have documented a high probability of test anxiety for adults with LD. Moreover, a significantly lower level of psychosocial health was reported recently for children with LD (Matteucci et al, 2019), and further, in addition to anxiety, such children may have attentional biases specific to reading (Haft et al, 2019), a situation that may, in turn, perpetuate anxiety (Bar-Haim et al, 2007), emphasizing the importance of individualized interventions, considering the psycho- and socio-emotional difficulties in this population.…”

Quality of Life and Concerns in Parent Caregivers of Adult Children Diagnosed with Intellectual Disability: A Qualitative Study

“…Previous research has shown that the lives of parents undergo important changes after the diagnosis of ID in their child and that not only these changes affect their social, family, work, and personal lives, they also negatively impact their physical and mental health [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. The results of this current work confirm these changes, and furthermore, show that from the time of the diagnosis, the main objective of these parents bad been to implement measures designed to improve the well-being of their child.…”

“…The diagnosis of ID and its associated physical and emotional symptoms, as well as the changing needs of children with ID, can pose additional difficulties during the parenting process. Previous studies seem to indicate that raising a child with ID can affect the parents in various aspects of their lives such as: (a) Leisure time (because they neglect their own needs and self-care to become constant caregivers) [ 9 , 10 , 11 ]; (b) employment, (because often one of the parents quit their job to devote more time to the needs of their child) [ 9 , 11 ]; (c) social relationships, (resulting from a perceived lack of support and rejection by their social environments) [ 9 , 12 ]; (d) family dynamics, (because they prioritize caring for their child with ID over other obligations, even diminishing the time they devote to their other children) [ 11 , 13 ]; (e) physical and psychological health, (because most parents experience a high degree of stress and anxiety as well as multiple physical ailments resulting from care provision) [ 11 , 14 , 15 ]; and (f) relationships with their partners, (which often become neglected due to the high level of attention that their child requires) [ 9 , 11 , 16 , 17 ].…”

Parental Stress-Coping Skills and Resilience among Parents of Children with Specific Learning Disorders

“…2 According to several studies, children who are diagnosed with SLD will eventually have lower psychosocial health, plus more anxiety and depression. 3,4 Ginieri-Coccossis et al 5 have also concluded that children diagnosed with SLD have lower mental health, self-esteem, and relationship satisfaction. Moreover, it was found that the parents of SLD children also have a lower satisfaction with their environment and society at large.…”