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• Title:
  The process of adaptation to the role of a parent of a child with Down syndrome as a stress management strategy
• Creator:
  Kaliszewska, Karolina
• Description:
  The process of adaptation to the role of a parent of a child with Down Syndrome  is very difficult, multi-staged and stress-causing both for mothers and fathers  (Będkowska-Heine, 2003; Kościelska, 1998; Liberska and Matuszewska, 2011;  Żyta, 2004). Coping with parental stress is a constant challenge for mothers and fathers  of a child with Down syndrome and it increases the significance of different types of social support. The choice of the coping strategy can improve the parents’ cognitive abilities and competences of emotional and behavioural control and it also facilitates a more positive assessment of their intellectually disabled child (Turnbull et al., 1993). If parents choose a more adaptive, problem-focused coping strategy, adaptation to the parental role proceeds more fluently and more adequately (Abery, 2006; Lackaye and Margalit, 2006; Van Riper, 2003). In addition, it has been proven  that receiving social support and using accommodative coping styles may boost  the process of adaptation to the role of a parent of a child with Down syndrome (Atkinson et al., 1995; Dunst, Trivette and Deal, 1988; Florian, Krulik, 1991;  Friedrich, Wilturner and Cohen, 1985; Lam and Mackenie, 2002; Sullivan, 2002; Van Riper, 1999).;
  The process of adaptation to the role of a parent of a child with Down Syndrome is very difficult, multi-staged and stress-causing both for mothers and for fathers. Coping with the parental stress is a constant challenge for mothers and fathers of a child with Down syndrome and it increases the significance of different types of social support. The choice of coping strategy influences parents’ cognitive abilities, competences of emotional and behavioural regulation and facilities more positive assessment of their intellectually disabled child. In case parents choose more adaptive, that is problem – focused coping strategy the adjustment to parental role proceed more fluent, or even more adequate. In addition, it has been proven that receiving social support and using accommodative coping style may boost the process of adaptation to parental role of a child with Down syndrome.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Date:
  2018.09.09
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  ARTICLES;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  Polish;
  English
• Source:
  Interdyscyplinarne Konteksty Pedagogiki Specjalnej; Nr 17 (2017); 71-98;
  2300-391X
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ikps/article/view/14293/13960 ;http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ikps/article/view/14293/14641
• Subject:
  Down syndrome;
  family with disabled child;
  adaptation to parental role;
  coping with parental stress;
  social support;
  family with a disabled child;
  adaptation to the parental role
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ikps/article/view/14293
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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  seek permission
• Type:
  other