Naslov
Parenting Stress and a Sense of Competence in Mothers of Children with Disabilities

Autori
Osmančević Katkić, Lejla ; Lang Morović, Maja ; Kovačić, Emina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstract- 9th International Conference of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb / Sekušak Galešev, Snježana ; Jeđud Borić, Ivana ; Hržica, Gordana ; Bradarić Jončić, Sandra ; Jandrić Nišević, Anita ; Kuvač Kraljević, Jelena ; Martinec, Renata ; Ricijaš, Neven ; Wagner Jakab, Ana - Zagreb : Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2017, 26-27

Skup
9th International Conference of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 17.05.2017. - 19.05.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
parenting stress ; sense of competence ; mothers ; children with disabilities

Sažetak
BACKGROUND: Mothers of children with a range of developmental disabilities report higher levels of stress than mothers of typically developing children. Higher levels of stress can also be related to parenting sense of competence. Further, parental stress and a sense of competence are also significantly associated with parenting support and marital satisfaction. AIM: This study had three aims: to determine stress levels and sense of competence observed as self-perceived parental efficacy and satisfaction with parenthood in mothers of children with and without disabilities and the relationship between them, to determine the association of parental levels of stress and a sense of competence with parenting support and with the marital satisfaction. METHODS: Mothers of 71 children aged one to thirteen years, 38 without disabilities and 33 with disabilities from Varaždin city participated in this study. The mothers filled in four assessment tools: Parental Stress Scale, Parenting Sense of Competence Scale that included two subscales: self- perceived parental efficacy and satisfaction with parenthood, Family Support Scale and Quality of Marriage Index. RESULTS: T- tests showed no significant difference between mothers of children with and without disabilities in neither stress, nor sense of competence. Further, all three models of four stage hierarchical multiple regression revealed that final models containing sociodemographic factors, children characteristics, the disability factor, social support and marital quality explained 50.9% of the variation in parental stress level, 36.4% of variation in self-perceived parental efficacy, and 35.1% of variation in satisfaction with parenthood. Changes in R2 ; square were significant in all models. When all independent variables were included in stage four of the regression model, the marital quality explained the most variance in all models. CONCLUSION: These results show the importance of marital quality in both parental stress and a sense of competence equally in mothers of children with and without disabilities.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijske znanosti

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