Less Stress, More Rewarding: Parenting Children With Down Syndrome
Less Stress, More Rewarding: Parenting Children With Down Syndrome
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DOI：
10.1207/s15327922par0104_3
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Ricci, Leila A.
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作者：
Hodapp, Robert M.;Ly, Tran M.;Ricci, Leila A.
Objective.我们认为，与其他残疾儿童相比，唐氏综合症儿童的父母可能会经历更少的压力和更多的奖励。设计在回顾了有关养育残疾儿童的研究的变化之后，我们注意到特定的遗传疾病如何使儿童倾向于不同的、与病因相关的行为，这反过来又使他们的父母倾向于特定的反应。然后，我们调查了唐氏综合症儿童与其他残疾儿童的父母的压力和奖励的研究。结果与其他残疾儿童的父母相比，唐氏综合症儿童的父母报告的压力更小，与儿童相关的奖励更多;事实上，与同龄典型儿童的父母相比，唐氏综合症儿童的父母可能会感到同样的奖励。结论.通过比较唐氏综合症儿童与其他残疾儿童的父母的感受，我们开始了解哪些儿童行为会导致哪些父母的反应。这些信息为对养育子女感兴趣的专业人员提供了理论和实践上的好处。
Objective. We argue that, compared to other children with disabilities, parents of children with Down syndrome may experience less stress and more rewards. Design. After reviewing changes in studies examining parenting children with disabilities, we note how specific genetic disorders predispose children to different, etiology-related behaviors, which in turn predispose their parents to particular reactions. We then survey studies of both stress and rewardingness in parents of children with Down syndrome versus children with other disabilities. Results. Parents of children with Down syndrome report less stress and more child-related rewards than parents of children with other disabilities; indeed, parents of children with Down syndrome may feel equally rewarded compared to parents of same-aged typical children. Conclusions. By comparing feelings of parents of children with Down syndrome versus children with other disabilities, we begin to understand which child behaviors bring about which parental reactions. Such information provides both theoretical and practical benefits to professionals interested in parenting.