Ha Jung-Hwa, Hong Jinkuk, Seltzer Marsha Mailick, Greenberg Jan S
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
J Health Soc Behav. 2008 Sep;49(3):301-16. doi: 10.1177/002214650804900305.
Using data from the Study of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS), this article examines: (1) the effect of having children with developmental or mental health problems on parents' mental and physical health, (2) the extent to which this effect varies by parental age and gender and (3) the effects of disability-related factors on the well-being of parents of children with disabilities. Compared to parents of non-disabled children, parents of disabled children experienced significantly higher levels of negative affect, marginally poorer psychological well-being, and significantly more somatic symptoms, controlling for sociodemographic variables. Mothers did not differ from fathers in their well-being. Older parents were significantly less likely to experience the negative effect of having a disabled child than younger parents, suggesting an age-related attenuation of the stress of non-normative parenting.
本文利用美国中年研究（MIDUS）的数据，研究了以下内容：（1）生育有发育或心理健康问题的孩子对父母身心健康的影响；（2）这种影响在父母年龄和性别上的差异程度；（3）与残疾相关的因素对残疾儿童父母幸福感的影响。在控制社会人口统计学变量的情况下，与非残疾儿童的父母相比，残疾儿童的父母经历了显著更高水平的负面影响、略差的心理健康状况以及显著更多的躯体症状。母亲和父亲在幸福感方面没有差异。与年轻父母相比，年长父母因孩子残疾而受到负面影响的可能性显著更低，这表明非规范育儿压力存在与年龄相关的减弱。
