Longitudinal Trajectories of Maternal Stress for Mothers with Intellectual Disabilities and Borderline Intellectual Functioning: Evidence from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study.

There are few longitudinal studies on the mental health of parents with intellectual disabilities (ID). This study examined longitudinal trajectories of maternal stress for mothers with ID and borderline intellectual functioning (IF) compared to their peers without ID, over their children's ages. Additionally, it aimed to identify the impact of various individual, socioeconomic, and contextual factors on maternal stress.