The social environment and the adaptation of mothers of physically handicapped children. Academic Article

abstract

• Evaluated relationships between social environmental characteristics and adaptation in 50 mothers of congenitally physically handicapped 6- to 11-year-old children. Mothers reported on utilitarian resources, child adjustment, psychosocial family resources, service utilization, and three dimensions of adaptation. Analyses of the concurrent correlational design indicated significant proportions of the variance in mental and social functioning were explained by features of the social environment. Mother's physical health could not be significantly predicted. Consistently strong contributions were made by psychosocial family resources in all adaptation domains.

authors

• Varni, James

published proceedings

• J Pediatr Psychol

author list (cited authors)

• Wallander, J. L., Varni, J. W., Babani, L., DeHaan, C. B., Wilcox, K. T., & Banis, H. T.

citation count

• 113

complete list of authors

• Wallander, JL||Varni, JW||Babani, L||DeHaan, CB||Wilcox, KT||Banis, HT

publication date

• September 1989

publisher

• Oxford University Press (OUP)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Pediatric Psychology  Journal

keywords

• Adaptation, Psychological
• Adult
• Cerebral Palsy
• Child
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Mother-Child Relations
• Mothers
• Sick Role
• Social Environment
• Spina Bifida Occulta

PubMed Central ID

• 2677297

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1093/jpepsy/14.3.371

start page

• 371

end page

• 387

volume

• 14

issue

• 3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1093%2Fjpepsy%2F14.3.371

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being