Jacobs Myrthe, Woolfson Lisa Marks, Hunter Simon C
School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2016 Jan;29(1):58-70. doi: 10.1111/jar.12158. Epub 2015 Mar 5.
Children with intellectual disabilities have high rates of behaviour problems. This study explored parents' causal beliefs and attributions for general problematic child behaviour in children with different aetiologies of intellectual disabilities.
Ten parents of children with intellectual disabilities participated in interviews about their child's problematic behaviour.
Thematic analysis using NVivo revealed that parents viewed their child's problematic behaviour not only as caused by the child's intellectual disabilities but also by other causes unrelated to the intellectual disabilities, as well as by aspects of the social environmental context. Some causes were viewed as stable and uncontrollable and others as unstable and controllable. In addition, parents showed a strong sense of responsibility for child behaviour.
Parents of children with intellectual disabilities do not solely interpret their child's problematic behaviour through the intellectual disabilities but incorporate the environment and causes and attributions that are not related to the intellectual disabilities, which may help to promote more effective parenting.
智障儿童存在行为问题的比例较高。本研究探讨了父母对不同病因智障儿童普遍存在的问题行为的因果信念和归因。
十位智障儿童的家长参与了关于其孩子问题行为的访谈。
使用NVivo进行的主题分析表明，家长认为孩子的问题行为不仅由孩子的智障引起，还由与智障无关的其他原因以及社会环境背景因素导致。一些原因被视为稳定且不可控的，而另一些则被视为不稳定且可控的。此外，家长对孩子的行为表现出强烈的责任感。
智障儿童的家长并非仅通过智障来解释孩子的问题行为，而是纳入了环境以及与智障无关的原因和归因，这可能有助于促进更有效的育儿方式。
