Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.
J Intellect Disabil Res. 2013 Jun;57(6):552-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01564.x. Epub 2012 Apr 25.
Research on parents of children with intellectual disability (ID) has identified a range of risk and protective factors for parental well-being. In family research, the association between marital quality and depression is a vital field of investigation. Still little research has addressed how aspects of the couple relationship affect the adaptation of parents of children with ID. The present study examined predictive links between couple relationship factors (marital quality and coparenting quality) and individual well-being.
Data were obtained through self-report questionnaires completed by parents of children with ID (mothers, n = 58; and fathers, n = 46) and control children (mothers, n = 178; and fathers, n = 141). To test the hypothesis that couple relationship factors predicted individual well-being, multiple regression analyses were performed controlling for the following risk factors identified by previous research: child self-injury/stereotypic behaviour, parenting stress, and economic risk.
Marital quality predicted concurrent well-being, and coparenting quality predicted prospective well-being. Mothers of children with ID reported lower well-being than other parents.
There is a continued need for investigation of the details of the links between couple relationship and individual well-being in parents of children with ID. Couple relationship factors should be given consideration in clinical interventions.
针对智障儿童（ID）父母的研究已经确定了一系列与父母幸福感相关的风险和保护因素。在家庭研究中，婚姻质量与抑郁之间的关联是一个重要的研究领域。尽管已经有一些研究探讨了夫妻关系的各个方面如何影响智障儿童父母的适应能力，但仍很少有研究关注夫妻关系因素（婚姻质量和共同养育质量）与个体幸福感之间的预测关系。本研究检验了夫妻关系因素（婚姻质量和共同养育质量）与个体幸福感之间的预测关系。
通过智障儿童父母（母亲，n=58；父亲，n=46）和对照组儿童父母（母亲，n=178；父亲，n=141）填写的自我报告问卷收集数据。为了检验夫妻关系因素预测个体幸福感的假设，在控制了以下先前研究确定的风险因素后，进行了多元回归分析：儿童自残/刻板行为、育儿压力和经济风险。
婚姻质量预测了当前的幸福感，而共同养育质量预测了未来的幸福感。智障儿童的母亲报告的幸福感低于其他父母。
需要进一步研究智障儿童父母的夫妻关系与个体幸福感之间的联系细节。夫妻关系因素应在临床干预中得到考虑。
