Accommodative coping and well-being of midlife parents of children with mental health problems or developmental disabilities |
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Authors: | Seltzer Marsha Mailick Greenberg Jan S Floyd Frank J Hong Jinkuk |
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Affiliation: | Waisman Center and School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA. |
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Abstract: | This study examined how accommodative coping via flexible goal adjustment affects the wellbeing of midlife parents. Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a population-based study of midlife adults, the authors compared parents who have a child with a severe mental health problem, a child with a developmental disability, or a child with no chronic illness or disability. Overall, parents had better well-being (i.e., lower levels of depressive and physical symptoms, higher levels of environmental mastery and self-acceptance) if they used accommodative coping. This effect was stronger for parents of individuals with a severe mental health problem than for the comparison group. |
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