Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2010 Jul;14(4):612-7. doi: 10.1007/s10995-009-0497-7. Epub 2009 Jul 16.
Caring for a child with diabetes is associated with parental stress and difficulties with psychological and physical functioning. Although small samples of children and parents have been studied to examine the relationship of parental stress and coping with well-being, little has been done looking at broader, national samples. The current study examined data on parental demographics, stress, coping, psychological well-being, and physical well-being from a national dataset (NSCH). A subset of 278 mothers who had children diagnosed with diabetes (either type 1 or type 2; M age = 12.1; 46% female children; 78% white) were included in the analyses for the current study. Results suggested that mothers of non-white children and mothers from single parent households experience poorer psychological and physical well-being than mothers of white children or mothers with a partner. Further, more stress was related to less positive psychological well-being, and poorer maternal coping was related to decreases in psychological and physical well-being. Findings support previous research with smaller, local samples and indicate the importance of addressing maternal stress and coping and providing interventions when needed for mothers of children with diabetes.
照顾患有糖尿病的孩子会给父母带来压力，并影响其心理和生理功能。尽管已经对一些儿童和父母进行了小样本研究，以探讨父母压力和应对方式与幸福感之间的关系，但很少有研究关注更广泛的全国性样本。本研究从全国性数据集（NSCH）中检查了父母人口统计学、压力、应对、心理健康和身体健康方面的数据。目前的研究分析了来自全国性数据集（NSCH）的父母人口统计学、压力、应对、心理健康和身体健康数据。本研究的分析中包括了 278 名患有糖尿病（1 型或 2 型）的孩子的母亲（M 年龄=12.1；46%为女性儿童；78%为白人）。结果表明，非白人儿童的母亲和单亲家庭的母亲的心理健康和身体健康状况比白人儿童的母亲或有伴侣的母亲差。此外，压力越大，心理健康越差，母亲的应对能力越差，心理健康和身体健康状况越差。这些发现支持了以前针对更小、更局部样本的研究，并表明为糖尿病患儿的母亲提供干预措施以解决其压力和应对问题的重要性。
