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- Title
Cultural and Child-Related Predictors of Distress Among Latina Caregivers of Children With Intellectual Disabilities.
- Authors
Long, Kristin A.; Kao, Barbara; Plante, Wendy; Seifer, Ronald; Lobato, Debra
- Abstract
The objective of this article is to examine associations among socioeconomic, cultural, and child factors and maternal distress among families of children with intellectual disabilities (ID). Latino and nonLatino White (NLW) mothers of children with and without ID (N 5 192) reported on familism, language acculturation, maternal distress, child adaptive functioning, and child behavior problems. Among mothers of children with ID, higher levels of child behavior problems mediated the association between Latina ethnicity and elevated maternal distress. Associations between child behavior problems and maternal distress in Latina mothers of children with ID were moderated by single-parent marital status, higher familism, and lower English usage. Thus, child and cultural factors contribute to elevated distress among Latina mothers of children with ID.
- Subjects
SOCIOECONOMIC factors; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; INTELLECTUAL disabilities; FAMILIALISM; ACCULTURATION; CHILD behavior
- Publication
American Journal on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 2015, Vol 120, Issue 2, p145
- ISSN
1944-7515
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1352/1944-7558-120.2.145