Stress, social support and well‐being of Arab mothers of children with intellectual disability who are served by welfare services in northern Israel

Duvdevany, Ilana; Abboud, Samar

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2788.2003.00488.x

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“…Similar stressful experiences were also reported by parents of children with autism [10] and intellectual disability [11,12]. Emotional experience of sadness, and inner pain or bitterness associated with having a mentally ill child differs from a previous study in the United States [9], where emotional strain was expressed by mothers as having fears, frustrations, and guilt in dealing with the child’s behaviour and attitude.…”

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Challenges of caring for children with mental disorders: Experiences and views of caregivers attending the outpatient clinic at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam - Tanzania

Ambikile

Outwater

2012

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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BackgroundIt is estimated that world-wide up to 20 % of children suffer from debilitating mental illness. Mental disorders that pose a significant concern include learning disorders, hyperkinetic disorders (ADHD), depression, psychosis, pervasive development disorders, attachment disorders, anxiety disorders, conduct disorder, substance abuse and eating disorders. Living with such children can be very stressful for caregivers in the family. Therefore, determination of challenges of living with these children is important in the process of finding ways to help or support caregivers to provide proper care for their children. The purpose of this study was to explore the psychological and emotional, social, and economic challenges that parents or guardians experience when caring for mentally ill children and what they do to address or deal with them.MethodologyA qualitative study design using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions was applied. The study was conducted at the psychiatric unit of Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania. Two focus groups discussions (FGDs) and 8 in-depth interviews were conducted with caregivers who attended the psychiatric clinic with their children. Data analysis was done using content analysis.ResultsThe study revealed psychological and emotional, social, and economic challenges caregivers endure while living with mentally ill children. Psychological and emotional challenges included being stressed by caring tasks and having worries about the present and future life of their children. They had feelings of sadness, and inner pain or bitterness due to the disturbing behaviour of the children. They also experienced some communication problems with their children due to their inability to talk. Social challenges were inadequate social services for their children, stigma, burden of caring task, lack of public awareness of mental illness, lack of social support, and problems with social life. The economic challenges were poverty, child care interfering with various income generating activities in the family, and extra expenses associated with the child’s illness.ConclusionCaregivers of mentally ill children experience various psychological and emotional, social, and economic challenges. Professional assistance, public awareness of mental illnesses in children, social support by the government, private sector, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are important in addressing these challenges.

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Challenges of caring for children with mental disorders: Experiences and views of caregivers attending the outpatient clinic at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam - Tanzania

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2012

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…Duvdevany and Abboud (2003) noted that the higher the amount of the informal support resources available to mothers of children with ID in Saudi Arabia, the lower the level of stress and the higher the sense of well-being they experienced. Guralnick et al (2008) conducted a longitudinal study of 63 mothers, for which the results of multiple regression analyses revealed that parenting support during the early childhood period, irrespective of source, consistently predicted most dimensions of parental stress assessed during the early elementary years and contributed uniquely to the variance of outcomes.…”

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Effectiveness of a stress-relief initiative for primary caregivers of adolescents with intellectual disability

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Yen

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Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability

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“…While a promising and growing scholarship examines the significance of intellectual disability on Arab families in northern Israel (Duvdevany and Abboud 2003;Reiter, Mari, and Rosenberg 1986), and the United Arab Emirates (Khamis 2007), to date no studies have considered the significance of intellectual disability to Bedouin-Arab families. As a corrective, the present article is the first to consider family members' experiences around intellectual disability amongst Bedouin-Arab communities in the Negev, Israel.…”

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The impact of intellectual disability, caregiver burden, family functioning, marital quality, and sense of coherence

Al‐Krenawi

Graham

Gharaibeh

2011

Disability & Society

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Stress, social support and well‐being of Arab mothers of children with intellectual disability who are served by welfare services in northern Israel

Abstract: The findings are interpreted with respect to practice and previous studies.

Cited by 67 publications

References 22 publications

Challenges of caring for children with mental disorders: Experiences and views of caregivers attending the outpatient clinic at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam - Tanzania

Challenges of caring for children with mental disorders: Experiences and views of caregivers attending the outpatient clinic at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam - Tanzania

Effectiveness of a stress-relief initiative for primary caregivers of adolescents with intellectual disability

The impact of intellectual disability, caregiver burden, family functioning, marital quality, and sense of coherence

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