Parent versus child stress in diverse family types: An ecological approach
- Författare
- Duis SS, Summers M, Summers CR.
- Titel
- Parent versus child stress in diverse family types: An ecological approach
- Utgivningsår
- 1997
- Tidskrift
- Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
- Volym
- 17
- Häfte
- 1
- Sidor
- 53-73
- Sammanfattning
Differences in level of overall stress and the proportion o f child- versus
parent-related stress among several different family types were investigated.
An ecological framework was used to delineate the predictors o f
stress for the different family types. Participants were 2 9 single-parent
families, 3 5 two-parent families, 1 7 families o f children with Down syndrome,
1 6 families of children with hearing impairment, and 2 9 families
of children with developmental delay. Th e results indicate that family
stress and ecological variables predictive o f family stress varied among
these families. Intervention and therapy efforts may be improved by
understanding the locus o f stressors among these family types.