Graduate school of Social Welfare, Yonsei University, South Korea.
Graduate school of Social Welfare, Yonsei University, South Korea.
Res Dev Disabil. 2023 Mar;134:104414. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104414. Epub 2023 Jan 10.
The identification of PTG and its correlates in the aftermath of a traumatic event would assist professionals in recognizing and amplifying individual's potential strengths. However, there are few studies on PTG and its correlates in mothers who have birthed or raised children with developmental disabilities in South Korea.
This study examined the predictive role of caregiving strain and social support on the subdimensions of PTG among South Korean mothers of children with developmental disabilities.
The participants were 344 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities or autism. PTG was divided into four sub-dimensions (change in self-perception, increase in interpersonal depth, finding new possibilities, and increase in spiritual interest), and the predictive roles of caregiving strain and social support on each sub-dimension were identified using hierarchical multiple regression.
Subjective caregiving strain; family support services; and support from family, friends, or significant others were significantly related to the subdimensions of PTG. Interestingly, support from significant others was positively associated with PTG.
Social support was more likely to influence all subdimensions of PTG, except for changes in self-perception while only subject caregiving strain was associated with PTG. Thus, policymakers and practitioners should prioritize expanding family support services and strengthening various informal supportive resources for mothers with higher PTG.
创伤事件后识别创伤后成长（PTG）及其相关因素将有助于专业人员认识和放大个体的潜在优势。然而，在韩国，针对生育或养育发育障碍儿童的母亲的 PTG 及其相关因素的研究较少。
本研究考察了育儿压力和社会支持对韩国发育障碍儿童母亲的 PTG 亚维度的预测作用。
参与者为 344 名智障或自闭症儿童的母亲。PTG 分为四个亚维度（自我认知的改变、人际关系的加深、发现新的可能性和精神兴趣的增加），使用分层多元回归分析了育儿压力和社会支持对每个亚维度的预测作用。
主观育儿压力、家庭支持服务以及来自家人、朋友或重要他人的支持与 PTG 的亚维度显著相关。有趣的是，来自重要他人的支持与 PTG 呈正相关。
社会支持更有可能影响 PTG 的所有亚维度，除了自我认知的变化，而只有主观育儿压力与 PTG 相关。因此，政策制定者和实践者应优先扩大家庭支持服务，并加强对具有更高 PTG 的母亲的各种非正式支持资源。
