The Down Syndrome Advantage: Fact or Fiction?
The Down Syndrome Advantage: Fact or Fiction?
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DOI：
10.1352/1944-7558-114.4.254-268
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发表时间：
2009-07-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Glidden, Laraine Masters
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作者：
Corrice, April M.;Glidden, Laraine Masters
“唐氏综合症优势”是一个流行的概念，即唐氏综合症儿童比其他发育障碍儿童更容易养育。我们评估了发育障碍儿童的母亲是否会在他们的孩子12至18岁时表现出一致的唐氏综合症优势。结果没有显示唐氏综合症儿童的母亲与其他发育障碍儿童的母亲在大多数母亲功能变量上的显著差异。尽管前一组报告在个人奖励和主观幸福感方面具有一致的优势，但当母亲的年龄和孩子的适应行为得到控制后，这些诊断组的差异消失了。我们的结论是，这些变量可能有助于解释唐氏综合症的优势。
The "Down syndrome advantage" is the popular conception that children with Down syndrome are easier to rear than children with other developmental disabilities. We assessed whether mothers of children with developmental disabilities would demonstrate a consistent Down syndrome advantage as their children aged from 12 to 18 years. Results did not reveal significant differences between mothers of children with Down syndrome and mothers of children with other developmental disabilities on most maternal functioning variables. Although the prior group reported a consistent advantage in terms of personal reward and subjective well-being, these diagnostic group differences disappeared when maternal age and child adaptive behavior were controlled. We concluded that these variables may help to explain the Down syndrome advantage.