Publications by authors named "Babani L"
The social environment and the adaptation of mothers of physically handicapped children.
J Pediatr Psychol
September 1989
Article Synopsis
- The study examined how social environmental factors impact the adaptation of 50 mothers with physically handicapped children aged 6 to 11.
- Mothers provided information on resources, child behavior, family support, service usage, and adaptation outcomes, revealing that the social environment significantly correlated with their mental and social well-being.
- Psychosocial family resources were found to play a crucial role across all areas of adaptation, while the mothers' physical health was not significantly influenced by the social environment.
The hypothesis that their psychological adjustment is related in part to resources present in their families was investigated in 153 children, age 4-16, who had one of five chronic physical disorders: juvenile diabetes, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obesity, spina bifida, or cerebral palsy. Their mothers completed standardized psychometric instruments to measure specific dimensions of family psychological and utilitarian resources and of child adjustment. Variation in children's psychological adjustment was related both to their psychological and utilitarian family resources.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInvestigated the contribution of disability parameters and chronic disability-related strain to the adaptation of 50 congenitally physically handicapped 6- to 11-year-old children and their mothers. Multiple dimensions of adaptation, disability status, and chronic disability-related strain were assessed with a variety of procedures. The mothers reported their children and themselves to display significantly worse adaptation than expected for a general sample.
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