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Willner, P, Rose, J, Stenfert Kroese, B, Murphy, GH, Langdon, Peter E., Clifford, C, Hutchings, H, Watkins, A, Hiles, S and Cooper, V (2020) Effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of carers of people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities . doi:10.1111/jar.12811
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12811
Abstract
Introduction: The measures implemented to manage the COVID-19 pandemic have been shown to impair mental health. This problem is likely to be exacerbated for carers.
Method: Informal carers (mainly parents) of children and adults with intellectual disabilities, and a comparison group of parents of children without disabilities, completed an online questionnaire. Almost all the data were collected while strict lockdown conditions were in place.
Results: Relative to carers of children without intellectual disability, carers of both children and adults with intellectual disability had significantly greater levels of a wish fulfillment coping style, defeat/entrapment, anxiety, and depression. Differences were 2-3 times greater than reported in earlier pre-pandemic studies.
Positive correlations were found between objective stress scores and all mental health outcomes.
Conclusions: Despite their greater mental health needs, carers of those with intellectual disability received less social support from a variety of sources. We consider the policy implications of these findings.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Caregivers -- Psychology, Caregivers -- Mental health, COVID-19 (Disease), Depression, Mental, People with mental disabilities | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities | ||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1468-3148 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 4 September 2020 | ||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1111/jar.12811 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
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