McGlone Katalina, Santos Linda, Kazama Lynne, Fong Rowena, Mueller Charles
Social Welfare Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA.
Child Welfare. 2002 Mar-Apr;81(2):151-71.
This article focuses on the nature and extent of parental stress among adoptive parents of special-needs children. In-depth face-to-face interviews of adoptive parents of 35 children were conducted, on average, four months postplacement (but before adoption). One-year follow-up interviews were conducted with parents of 15 (43%) of these children. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected, including parenting stress scores. Results indicated higher than average levels of stress, particularly on subscales related to parent-child dysfunctional interactions and to raising a difficult child. Increased stress levels were associated with poorer family adjustment and with higher levels of child behavior problems. Stress levels remained mostly unchanged over the year. Responses to open-ended questions identified five stress categories: child characteristics, parent-child interactions, family cohesion, parental adjustment, and adoptions service issues. Practice and research implications are discussed.
本文聚焦于特殊需求儿童养父母的父母压力的性质和程度。对35名儿童的养父母进行了深入的面对面访谈，平均在安置后四个月（但在收养前）进行。对其中15名（43%）儿童的父母进行了为期一年的随访访谈。收集了定性和定量数据，包括育儿压力得分。结果表明压力水平高于平均水平，特别是在与亲子功能失调互动以及抚养难养孩子相关的子量表上。压力水平的增加与较差的家庭适应以及较高水平的儿童行为问题相关。压力水平在这一年中大多保持不变。对开放式问题的回答确定了五个压力类别：儿童特征、亲子互动、家庭凝聚力、父母适应以及收养服务问题。讨论了实践和研究意义。
