Recurrent Otitis Media and Parenting Stress in Mothers of Two-Year-Old Children

Forgays, Deborah Kirby; Hasazi, Joseph E.; Wasserman, Richard C.

doi:10.1097/00004703-199210010-00001

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“…For example, parents rearing a child with special needs often experience more stress compared to parents whose children are developing normally (Hassall et al 2005;Innocenti et al 1992;Pelchat et al 1999;Russo and Fallon 2001), possibly due to the greater demands placed on these parents' time and resources. Similarly, studies have found higher levels of stress in parents of children with health problems compared to healthy controls (e.g., recurrent otitis media; Forgays et al 1992).…”

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Exploring Correlates and Predictors of Stress in Parents of Children Who are Deaf: Implications of Perceived Social Support and Mode of Communication

2007

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Parenting stress has been linked to negative outcomes for both parents and children, including poor attachment, behavior problems, less positive parentchild interactions, and marital dissatisfaction. Given that parents of special needs children often experience excess stress, they may be susceptible to negative outcomes, thus investigations of protective factors are needed. We explored relationships among parenting stress, social support, mode of communication, and child cochlear implant status in parents rearing a deaf child or child with hearing loss. Findings of our exploratory study indicated that parents of children who use sign language only reported more support, while parents of children who use total communication exhibited less self-reported stress. Also, parents with children who use implants did not differ on any of the measures compared to parents of children without implants. Additional findings suggested that higher levels of perceived social support corresponded with lower stress among parents, however, receipt of supportive behaviors did not correlate significantly with parenting stress. In an overall model, perceived social support and mode of communication were significant predictors of parenting stress. Finally, enacted support predicted significantly life satisfaction in parents. Implications and limitations, as well as suggestions for future research, will also be offered.

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Exploring Correlates and Predictors of Stress in Parents of Children Who are Deaf: Implications of Perceived Social Support and Mode of Communication

2007

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“…Most previously reported studies relating parentchild stress and/or children's behavior to the children's previous experience with otitis media have had retrospective 1,7,8,[13][14][15] or cross-sectional 2,6,10 designs, and most have considered only children Ͼ3 years of age. [2][3][4]5,7,8,10,[12][13][14][15] The cross-sectional studies have, of necessity, related behavioral measures only to concurrent and not to past experience with otitis media, and thus provide little insight into possible lasting, long-term relationships.…”

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Parental Stress and Parent-rated Child Behavior in Relation to Otitis Media in the First Three Years of Life

Paradise

Feldman²,

Colborn³

et al. 1999

Pediatrics

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“…Although there has been some research linking minor illnesses during early childhood to family functioning (Forgays et al, 1992;Frank et al, 1991;Vernon-Feagans and Wamboldt, 1999), there are few studies in this area. It may not be the amount of child illness in and of itself that impacts families, but children's symptoms and parental perceptions of these illnesses.…”

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“…Mothers of children who had had a long history of illness during the first 3 years of life reported significantly more parenting stress by the child's fourth year of life than did mothers of healthier children. Forgays et al (1992) examined the effects of recurrent otitis media (ear infections) in preschool children on parental attitudes and behaviors. The authors' findings suggested that a history of recurrent otitis media was associated with a perception of the child as more demanding and, subsequently, more stressful to mothers in comparison to other children without a history of otitis media.…”

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The influence of family environment and child temperament on work/family role strain for mothers and fathers

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Vernon–Feagans

Vazquez

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Infant and Child Development

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This study examined the additive effect of structural variables, child characteristics, and the family environment on mothers' and fathers' work/family role strain. Differences between mothers and fathers on these variables were also examined. The sample consisted of 36 dualearner families whose children had been in daycare from infancy through 4 years of age. Structural variables included work schedules and time spent with child for mothers only, fathers only, and both parents together with child. Child characteristics included temperament and health. Family environment variables included different components of the family environment (conflict, cohesion, expressiveness, organization, and control) and parenting daily hassles. Results showed that mothers' time with child and caregiving for child were greater than fathers'. Mothers reported more expressiveness in the family and more daily hassles with children than fathers. Mothers' level of role strain was also significantly higher than fathers'. For mothers, role strain was associated with hours away from home, child sociability, family conflict, and daily hassles resulting in an R 2 of 0.57. Fathers' role strain was associated with family expressiveness, organization, and their wives' daily hassles resulting in an R 2 of 0.37. Data suggest that mothers' and fathers' role strain may be driven by somewhat different factors. For women, aspects of the family and the child and work hours accounted for a considerable portion of the variance while for men, only aspects of the family environment were associated with their level of role strain.

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Recurrent Otitis Media and Parenting Stress in Mothers of Two-Year-Old Children

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Exploring Correlates and Predictors of Stress in Parents of Children Who are Deaf: Implications of Perceived Social Support and Mode of Communication

Exploring Correlates and Predictors of Stress in Parents of Children Who are Deaf: Implications of Perceived Social Support and Mode of Communication

Parental Stress and Parent-rated Child Behavior in Relation to Otitis Media in the First Three Years of Life

The influence of family environment and child temperament on work/family role strain for mothers and fathers

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