TY - JOUR
T1 - Profile of Mothers of Children with a Disability Who Seek Support for Mental Health and Wellbeing
AU - Bourke-Taylor, Helen M.
AU - Joyce, Kahli S.
AU - Grzegorczyn, Sarah
AU - Tirlea, Loredana
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge that this project was funded by the Australian Government, National Disability Insurance Agency, Information and Linkages Grant, 2018–2020.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - This paper investigated the characteristics of mothers of children with a disability who registered for a mental health and wellbeing workshop. The questionnaire measured mental health, health-related behaviours, empowerment, family cohesion, wellbeing and child-related variables. Regression analysis identified factors associated with depressive symptoms and positive wellbeing. Fifty-seven percent of participants (N = 171) had depressive symptoms within the clinical range. Higher symptoms were associated with reduced: empowerment (r = −.39, p <.01); positive-wellbeing (r = −.66, p <.05); and healthy activity (r = −.41, p <.001). Low positive wellbeing (β =.55, p <.001) was the strongest predictor of depressive symptoms. Family cohesion (β =.25, p <.001), was the strongest predictor of positive-wellbeing. Future health and wellbeing interventions that support mothers with high care responsibilities should include psycho-education and strategies to address healthy maternal and family-related behaviour changes.
AB - This paper investigated the characteristics of mothers of children with a disability who registered for a mental health and wellbeing workshop. The questionnaire measured mental health, health-related behaviours, empowerment, family cohesion, wellbeing and child-related variables. Regression analysis identified factors associated with depressive symptoms and positive wellbeing. Fifty-seven percent of participants (N = 171) had depressive symptoms within the clinical range. Higher symptoms were associated with reduced: empowerment (r = −.39, p <.01); positive-wellbeing (r = −.66, p <.05); and healthy activity (r = −.41, p <.001). Low positive wellbeing (β =.55, p <.001) was the strongest predictor of depressive symptoms. Family cohesion (β =.25, p <.001), was the strongest predictor of positive-wellbeing. Future health and wellbeing interventions that support mothers with high care responsibilities should include psycho-education and strategies to address healthy maternal and family-related behaviour changes.
KW - Childhood disability
KW - Mental health
KW - Mothers
KW - Wellbeing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114595689&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-021-05260-w
DO - 10.1007/s10803-021-05260-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 34499272
AN - SCOPUS:85114595689
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 52
SP - 3800
EP - 3813
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 9
ER -