Greenberg Jan Steven, Seltzer Marsha Mailick, Krauss Marty Wyngaarden, Chou Rita Jing-Ann, Hong Jinkuk
Waisman Center and School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2004 Jan;74(1):14-25. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.1.14.
This article investigates the effects of the quality of the relationship between maternal caregivers and their adult child with disabilities on maternal well-being and whether this effect is mediated by dispositional optimism. Mothers caring for an adult child with Down syndrome (n=126), schizophrenia (n=292), or autism (n=102) were surveyed. Mothers of adults with schizophrenia and autism had better psychological well-being when the mother/adult child relationship was positive, but this effect was mediated totally or partially by optimism. For all 3 groups, optimism was related to better mental and physical health. The findings highlight the importance of dispositional optimism, a psychological resource that has been virtually ignored in studies of family caregivers of adults with disabilities.
本文研究了母亲照顾者与其成年残疾子女之间关系的质量对母亲幸福感的影响，以及这种影响是否由性格乐观所介导。对照顾患有唐氏综合征（n = 126）、精神分裂症（n = 292）或自闭症（n = 102）成年子女的母亲进行了调查。患有精神分裂症和自闭症成年子女的母亲，当其与成年子女关系积极时，心理幸福感更好，但这种影响完全或部分由乐观介导。对于所有三组而言，乐观都与更好的身心健康相关。研究结果凸显了性格乐观的重要性，这是一种在残疾成年人家庭照顾者研究中几乎被忽视的心理资源。
