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Coping and positive perceptions in Irish mothers of children with intellectual disabilities

Felicity A. Greer

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Ian M. Grey

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and KARE Services, Kilcullen, Ireland

Brian McClean

Brothers of Charity Services, Roscommon, Ireland

Thirty-six mothers of children aged between 5 and 8 years with intellectual disabilities completed five self-report questionnaires measuring variables related to behavioural and emotional difficulties, levels of care demand, family supports, coping and positive perceptions.The relationships among these variables were investigated using a working model proposed by Hastings and Taunt (2002). Child behavioural and emotional problems in the non-clinical range predicted low levels of care demand. Formal social support was an effective form of support for mothers; helpfulness of formal social support predicted mobilizing the family to acquire and accept help in the community; and mobilizing the family predicted levels of strength and family closeness.The majority of respondents rated agreement with statements that their child was: a source of happiness or fulfilment; a source of strength and family closeness; and a source of personal growth and maturity.The theoretical and clinical implications of these results are discussed.

Key Words: disability perceptions • Ireland • mothers

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. 10, No. 3, 231-248 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1744629506064017
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