The Parenting Experiences of Mothers with Intellectual Disabilities Nurturing Their Mentally Disabled Children
| Autor: | Chih-Lin Huang, 黃芷琳 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 105 The research targets for this study were two mothers with intellectual disabilities and their mentally disabled children. The study aimed at exploring their parenting experiences and interactions with other people. Adopting hermeneutic research, this study interviewed the participants to trace their backstories and probe into their current stories, before integrating these narratives with the researcher’s foreknowledge to open a discussion regarding the subject. Through data collection and textual interpretation and analysis, the researcher gave separate accounts of the participants’ life stories, as well as their parenting and social interaction experiences. Common themes were then introduced from the two accounts for thematic interpretation. Afterward, the participants’ themes were combined for an integrated analysis. The conclusions from this study were as follows: 1. There was interplay between feelings of inferiority and parenting efficacy. 2. Incoherent parenting attitudes created a sense of disorientation among the children. 3. Both mothers “wanted” to discipline their children but lacked suitable approaches to do so. 4. They were resilient, yet lonely when it came to parenting. 5. They had basic knowledge of the development of their children but were unable to adjust their parenting methods based on the children’s characteristics. 6. They concealed their true self-identities under the influence of “patriarchy.” 7. Their participation in school and welfare systems was rather passive. Keywords: mothers with intellectual disabilities, disabled children, parenting experiences |
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