Residential Counselors and Self Care: A Retrospective Qualitative Study of Archival Interview Data.

Objectives: The purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to understand the barriers related to effective self-care for master's level residential counselors.

Methods: Archival interview transcripts of 77 residential counselors were analyzed utilizing a social constructivist lens to identify perceived barriers to effective self-care. Themes related to levels of self-care influences including individual, supervisory, and organizational barriers to effective self-care emerged.

Parenting with a disability and child mental health: a propensity score analysis.

Little research has examined the impact of having a parent with a disability on child mental health. This study used data from 7,116 families of children who participated in the 2006 National Health Interview Survey and propensity score matching (PSM) to investigate this question. Prior to PSM, differences in Child Mental Health Brief scores were significant with a moderate effect size.