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Resiliency and thesubjective evaluationof health in mothersof children withAsperger’s syndrome Arleta KasprzakMałgorzata Anna BasińskaPaulina Lewandowska2014 год

Resiliency and the subjective evaluation of health in mothers of children with Asperger’s syndrome
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Аннотация: <b>Background</b><br /> Parents caring for children with developmental disorders are exposed to much higher levels of stress than parents of typically developing children. It has also been proved that parents of children with developmental disorders experience mental health deterioration, a sense of guilt, physical weakness, fatigue and exhaustion. Resiliency conditions cognitive and emotional flexibility, and enables an individual to adjust their own behavior to particular circumstances. The present study aims to verify whether there is a relationship between resiliency and the subjective evaluation of health under stress in a group of mothers of children with Asperger’s syndrome. <br /> <br /> <b>Participants and procedure</b><br /> The three measures used in the study were The Polish Resiliency Assessment Scale, The Subjective Evaluation of Health Scale, and a personal questionnaire. A group of 31 mothers of children with Asperger’s syndrome and a group of 31 mothers whose children were not chronically ill and developed typically were examined.<br /> <br /> <b>Results</b><br /> Mothers of children with Asperger’s syndrome have similar levels of resiliency and its contributing factors compared to mothers with healthy children. However, when compared to mothers of healthy children, mothers of children with Asperger’s syndrome show a more negative subjective evaluation of health. Moreover, we found that some resiliency factors (The ability to tolerate failures and view life as a challenge, and Optimism in life and the ability to focus in adversity) correlate positively only in the group of mothers of children with Asperger’s syndrome.<br /> <br /> <b>Conclusions</b><br /> Findings obtained in the study allow us to consider resiliency along with having a healthy child, as a factor contributing to a positive evaluation of health.
Год издания: 2014
Авторы: Arleta Kasprzak, Małgorzata Anna Basińska, Paulina Lewandowska
Издательство: Termedia Publishing House
Источник: Health Psychology Report
Ключевые слова: Family and Disability Support Research, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Family Support in Illness
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