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Psychological well-being and coping in mothers of youths with autism, Down syndrome, or fragile X syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15072518     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The psychological well-being of mothers raising a child with a developmental disability varies with the nature of the disability. Most research, however, has been focused on Down syndrome and autism. We added mothers whose adolescent or young adult son or daughter has fragile X syndrome. The sample was comprised of mothers of a child with fragile X syndrome (n = 22), Down syndrome (n = 39), or autism (n = 174). Mothers of individuals with fragile X syndrome displayed lower levels of well-being than those of individuals with Down syndrome, but higher levels than mothers of individuals with autism, although group differences varied somewhat across different dimensions of well-being. The most consistent predictor of maternal outcomes was the adolescent or young adult's behavioral symptoms.
Authors:
Leonard Abbeduto; Marsha Mailick Seltzer; Paul Shattuck; Marty Wyngaarden Krauss; Gael Orsmond; Melissa M Murphy
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of mental retardation : AJMR     Volume:  109     ISSN:  0895-8017     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Ment Retard     Publication Date:  2004 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-04-09     Completed Date:  2004-08-11     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8800463     Medline TA:  Am J Ment Retard     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  237-54     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53705, USA. abbeduto@waisman.wisc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Psychological*
Adult
Autistic Disorder*
Depression / diagnosis,  epidemiology*
Down Syndrome*
Female
Fragile X Syndrome*
Humans
Mother-Child Relations
Mothers / psychology*
Questionnaires
Self Concept*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P01 HD03352/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 AG08768/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 HD24356/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; T32 HD07489/HD/NICHD NIH HHS

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