Maternal resolution of child diagnosis: Stability and relations with child attachment across the toddler to preschooler transition
| Autor: | Jill L. Schram, Melissa Kaplan-Estrin, Melissa Clements, Douglas Barnett, Kelli Hill Hunt, Christine M. Butler, Heather C. Janisse, John W. McCaskill Iv |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male Longitudinal study media_common.quotation_subject Mothers Neurological disorder Developmental psychology Child Development Surveys and Questionnaires Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Family Toddler Child General Psychology Demography media_common Disfigurement medicine.disease Object Attachment Mother-Child Relations Social relation El Niño Child Preschool Female Grief Psychology Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Family Psychology. 20:100-107 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1293 0893-3200 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/0893-3200.20.1.100 |
| Popis: | In this longitudinal study, the authors investigated individual differences in how families adapt to a child's congenital disorder. Family impact, maternal grief resolution, and child attachment were assessed among 74 mothers and their toddlers with a neurological disorder or disfigurement. Fifty dyads were reevaluated 16 months later. For children with neurological compared with disfigurement diagnoses, there was a greater likelihood of negative impact on family, unresolved maternal grief, and insecure attachment at Time 1. Children classified as secure were significantly more likely to have mothers classified as resolved regarding their reactions to their children's diagnosis. Maternal grief resolution was significantly stable (77%) over time and mediated the relation between type of diagnosis and child security. With time, negative impact of child condition on the family decreased and percentage of children classified as secure increased, suggesting that on average families improved. Results suggest that helping parents come to terms emotionally and cognitively with their child's condition may be a useful focus for intervention. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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