Parenting Stress and Coping Strategies in Mothers of Children Receiving Early Intervention Services

Plaza, Joana Calero; Sevilla, Ma Dolores Grau; Rico, Gabriel Martínez; Murillo, Catalina Patricia Morales

doi:10.1007/s10826-017-0802-9

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“…Parents who were experiencing high levels of stress may be relying on other outlets to manage stress. Indeed, prior work suggests that parents rely on a range of coping strategies, both positive (e.g., self-care) and negative (e.g., overeating, substance abuse) to manage stress (Calero Plaza, Grau Sevilla, Martínez Rico, & Morales Murillo, 2017).…”

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Health behaviors and outcomes of parents in same-sex couples: An exploratory study.

Goldberg

Smith²,

McCormick

et al. 2019

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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Research exploring health behaviors and outcomes among sexual minorities has yet to include same-sex parents, who face additional stressors associated with parenthood. This exploratory study investigates self-reported health behaviors (regular exercise, sleep, and alcohol use) and outcomes (chronic health conditions, depression, and overall health) among 141 parents in same-sex couples (N ϭ 83 families) with adopted school-age children. Several predictors were investigated, including parent gender, number of children, parenting stress, marital status, and internalized homophobia (IH), controlling for education, income, and work hours. Findings showed that parenting stress and IH were most commonly associated (p Ͻ .05) with health behaviors and outcomes, but functioned differently in women and men. Women with high stress had greater odds of exercising Ն3 days a week, but women with high IH had lower odds of exercising that much; vice versa in men. Additional findings among men were greater odds of depression than women; and, men with low IH more often slept Ͻ7 h a week and reported greater alcohol intake than those with high IH. Among parents generally, those with multiple children and those who were unmarried had lower odds of exercising Ն3 days a week, while those with high stress had greater odds of depression and of a chronic health condition. This study highlights the many areas requiring further research in the field of same-sex parent health. Public Significance Statement Lesbian and gay parents are exposed to minority stress and parenting stress, which may have implications for their health behaviors and outcomes. The findings of this exploratory study show that parenting stress and internalized homophobia were often associated with parents' health behaviors and outcomes, but functioned differently in women and men. Additional findings of interest were that gay male parents were at greater odds of depression than lesbian mothers; and, among parents generally, those with multiple children and those who were unmarried were less likely to exercise, and those with high stress were more likely to be depressed and to have a chronic health condition.

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confidence: 99%

Health behaviors and outcomes of parents in same-sex couples: An exploratory study.

Goldberg

Smith²,

McCormick

et al. 2019

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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“…Recognizing that caregiving burden may af-fect symptoms of depression and parenting stress and providing supports to reduce parenting stress may be beneficial. Attention to the strategies used by caregivers to manage stress may be important intervention targets, as parental coping styles may serve as the link between child diagnosis and parenting stress in the intervention context (Calero Plaza, Grau Sevilla, Martínez Rico, & Morales Murillo, 2017).…”

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Family-Centered Practices and Caregiver Mental Health in a Developmental Intervention for Young Children With Congenital Zika Syndrome

Williams

Villachan-Lyra

Hatton-Bowers

et al. 2023

Infants &Amp; Young Children

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The goal of this study was to describe the provision of intervention services to children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) in a large health care institution located in Recife, Brazil, and family factors related to intervention involvement, through the lens of family-centered developmentalbehavioral pediatric care principles. Caregivers (N = 50) of children with CZS who were receiving services at a public rehabilitation hospital participated a cross-sectional survey study. Among caregivers, 22% reported a low number of both child and caregiver intervention contacts, 26% reported a high number of child contacts but low caregiver contacts, and 52% reported both high child and caregiver contacts with intervention staff in the past 3 months. Caregiver stress scores were higher and coping strategies were lower in the low child and caregiver intervention contact group. Most caregivers reported high levels of family-centered practices. In regression models, low family resources was associated with higher depression and stress and low coping strategy use, whereas higher support was associated with higher coping. This study adds to the small literature exploring intervention services provided to children with CZS with a particular emphasis on family-centered care principles. It is recommended that intervention programs in Brazil evaluate the availability and accessibility of family resources and develop strategies to help connect families to resources that promote caregiver mental health and child outcomes.

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“…Currently, interventions aim to enhance the skills and abilities of parents or primary caregivers through the engagement and support of ECI professionals during their daily interactions with the child. Women play a crucial role in child-rearing [ 9 ]. Moreover, they predominantly participate in ECI research as respondents in questionnaires and interviews conducted in various studies [ 10 ].…”

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“…However, most of the analyzed publications refer to parents in a generic sense. Several studies have examined the contrasting demands and stressors, anxiety levels, and coping strategies between parents with disabled children and parents with typically developing children [ 9 , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] ]. The majority of research participants are mothers, as shown by multiple studies focused on this topic, such as the research by Ref.…”

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The role of women in the field of early intervention

Martínez-Rico,

Argente-Tormo,

Calero-Plaza

et al. 2024

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Parenting Stress and Coping Strategies in Mothers of Children Receiving Early Intervention Services

Cited by 9 publications

References 29 publications

Health behaviors and outcomes of parents in same-sex couples: An exploratory study.

Health behaviors and outcomes of parents in same-sex couples: An exploratory study.

Family-Centered Practices and Caregiver Mental Health in a Developmental Intervention for Young Children With Congenital Zika Syndrome

The role of women in the field of early intervention

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