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- Title
Lifelong Parenting of Adults With Developmental Disabilities: Growth Trends Over 20 Years in Midlife and Later Life.
- Authors
Eun Ha Namkung; Greenberg, Jan S.; Mailick, Marsha R.; Floyd, Frank J.; Namkung, Eun Ha
- Abstract
This research examined how parenting adults with developmental disabilities affects parental well-being beyond midlife and into old age. Parents of adults with developmental disabilities ( n = 249) and parents of adults without disabilities ( n = 9,016), studied in their early 50s and mid-60s, were longitudinally tracked into their early 70s. Compared to parents of adults without disabilities, parents of adults with disabilities showed a pattern of normative functioning in their 50s, followed by poorer well-being in their mid-60s, and further declines in health and well-being into the early 70s. Aging parents who co-resided with their adult child with disabilities were particularly vulnerable, experiencing a steeper increase in depressive symptoms and body mass index (BMI) than parents whose child with disabilities lived away from home.
- Subjects
PARENTING; DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities; PSYCHOLOGY of parents; PHYSIOLOGICAL aspects of aging; BODY mass index; MENTAL depression; ADULT children; PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; COMPARATIVE studies; HEALTH status indicators; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MENTAL health; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; EVALUATION research; CASE-control method; PSYCHOLOGICAL factors
- Publication
American Journal on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 2018, Vol 123, Issue 3, p228
- ISSN
1944-7515
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1352/1944-7558-123.3.228