Meppelder M, Hodes M, Kef S, Schuengel C
FPP, Clinical Child and Family Studies, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
ASVZ, Sliedrecht, The Netherlands.
J Intellect Disabil Res. 2015 Jul;59(7):664-77. doi: 10.1111/jir.12170. Epub 2014 Dec 4.
Parents with intellectual disabilities (ID) are at risk for high levels of parenting stress. The present study evaluated resources, including parental adaptive functioning, financial resources and access to a support network, as moderators of the association between child behaviour problems and parenting stress.
A total of 134 parents with ID and their children (ages 1-7 years) were recruited from 10 Dutch care organisations. Questionnaires were administered to the parents to obtain information on parenting stress in the parent and child domain, financial resources and their support network. Teachers and care workers reported on child behaviour problems and parental adaptive functioning, respectively.
Parents experienced more stress with regard to their children than towards their own functioning and situation. Parenting stress was less in parents who were not experiencing financial hardship. Child behaviour problems were associated with high child-related parenting stress, not parent-related parenting stress. Large support networks decreased the association between child behaviour problems and child-related parenting stress. Financial resources did not significantly moderate the association.
Parenting stress among parents with ID is focused on problems with the child, especially when little social support is available.
智障父母面临着高水平育儿压力的风险。本研究评估了包括父母适应性功能、经济资源和获得支持网络在内的资源，作为儿童行为问题与育儿压力之间关联的调节因素。
从10个荷兰护理机构招募了134名智障父母及其1至7岁的孩子。向父母发放问卷，以获取有关父母和儿童领域的育儿压力、经济资源及其支持网络的信息。教师和护理人员分别报告了儿童行为问题和父母适应性功能。
与自身功能和状况相比，父母在孩子方面经历了更多压力。没有经济困难的父母育儿压力较小。儿童行为问题与高度的与孩子相关的育儿压力相关，而非与父母相关的育儿压力。庞大的支持网络减少了儿童行为问题与与孩子相关的育儿压力之间的关联。经济资源并未显著调节这种关联。
智障父母的育儿压力集中在孩子的问题上，尤其是在社会支持很少的情况下。
