McWhirter Anna Cecilia, McIntyre Laura Lee
School Psychology, Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
J Ment Health Res Intellect Disabil. 2021;14(3):301-317. doi: 10.1080/19315864.2021.1909680. Epub 2021 Apr 5.
Parenting children with intellectual and developmental disabilities can be stressful; however, families with religious beliefs may have positive ways of viewing their family. This study explored the associations between religious and spiritual involvement (RSI), family characteristics, parent mental health, and child adaptive and problem behaviours among 180 primary caregivers and their 3-year-old children with developmental delay (DD).
This study investigated if RSI was related to family characteristics, parent depression and stress, and if RSI predicted parent mental health after accounting for child and family characteristics.
Associations between RSI, family characteristics (parent age, education, income) and parenting stress, but not depression, were found. RSI did not predict parent mental health after accounting for relevant child and family characteristics.
RSI may play an important role in the mental health of parents of children with developmental delay; however, other child and contextual factors relate strongly to parent wellbeing.
养育有智力和发育障碍的孩子可能会带来压力；然而，有宗教信仰的家庭可能有积极看待家庭的方式。本研究探讨了180名主要照料者及其3岁发育迟缓儿童的宗教和精神参与（RSI）、家庭特征、父母心理健康以及儿童适应性和问题行为之间的关联。
本研究调查了RSI是否与家庭特征、父母抑郁和压力相关，以及在考虑儿童和家庭特征后RSI是否能预测父母心理健康。
发现RSI与家庭特征（父母年龄、教育程度、收入）和养育压力之间存在关联，但与抑郁无关。在考虑相关儿童和家庭特征后，RSI并不能预测父母心理健康。
RSI可能在发育迟缓儿童父母的心理健康中发挥重要作用；然而，其他儿童和环境因素与父母幸福感密切相关。
