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Jess, Mikeda (2018) Maternal positivity in mothers raising children with ID. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
Background: Raising a child with Intellectual Disability (ID) is a unique experience in which families are faced with many challenges. However, despite this, mothers raising children with ID do report having positive perceptions of their child and perceive their child as having a positive impact on themselves and wider family members. This thesis explored the positivity of mothers raising children with an Intellectual Disability (ID).
Method: Chapter 2 incorporated the use of Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to create a latent construct of maternal positivity using single indicators of positivity. Chapter 3 investigated the function of maternal positivity within the context of resilience. Chapter 4 explored the phenomenon of the Down’s syndrome (DS) advantage and Chapter 5 explored whether the measure of positive gains operates similarly across parents of children with ID, parents of children with a physical health condition, and parents of typically developing children. Each of the studies are designed and written as empirical papers to be published. Chapter 1 describes the background to the thesis and chapter 6 presents an overall discussion of the thesis.
Results: Chapter 2 found that the latent construct of positivity had significant relationnships with both child and maternal outcomes. Chapter 3 evidenced that maternal positivity could be described as a resilience variable that had a largely compensatory function cross-sectionally. Chapter 4 found that the Down’s syndrome advantage was only evident for maternal positive gains when covariates were accounted for. Finally, chapter 5 evidenced that the Positive Gains Scale (PGS) means were not equivalent across the three study groups indicating that valid mean comparisons could not be made.
Conclusion: Maternal positivity exists for mothers raising children with ID alongside elevated levels of maternal stress and psychological distress and appears to function as a resilience variable. The Down’s syndrome advantage was evident for maternal positive gains and chapter 5 demonstrated the importance of ensuring measurement invariance when making mean comparisons between groups. A more in-depth overview of the thesis conclusions are discussed in chapter 6.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Intellectual disability, Children with mental disabilities, Mothers of children with disabilities, Mother and child, Positive psychology | ||||
Official Date: | September 2018 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Centre for Education Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Hastings, Richard ; Totsika, Vasiliki | ||||
Sponsors: | Cerebra (Organization) ; Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) | ||||
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Extent: | vii, 241 leaves : illustrations | ||||
Language: | eng |
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