TY - JOUR
T1 - Adaptation of families with mentally retarded children
T2 - A model of stress, coping, and family ecology
AU - Crnic, K. A.
AU - Friedrich, W. N.
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
PY - 1983/1/1
Y1 - 1983/1/1
N2 - Research concerned with families of mentally retarded children has often yielded inconsistent, and at times, contradictory findings. This inconsistency is partly due to methodological inadequacies and a narrow focus on unidimensional variables with unimodal measurements. In addition, no succinct model has been presented to explain family adaptation and the range of possible outcomes. In this paper a critical review focused on parents, siblings, parent-child interactions, and family systems was presented. A comprehensive conceptual model was proposed that accounts for (a) the range of possible familial adaptations, both positive and negative, involving the impact of perceived stress associated with the presence of a retarded child; and (b) the family's coping resources and ecological environments as interactive systems that serve to mediate the family's response to stress.
AB - Research concerned with families of mentally retarded children has often yielded inconsistent, and at times, contradictory findings. This inconsistency is partly due to methodological inadequacies and a narrow focus on unidimensional variables with unimodal measurements. In addition, no succinct model has been presented to explain family adaptation and the range of possible outcomes. In this paper a critical review focused on parents, siblings, parent-child interactions, and family systems was presented. A comprehensive conceptual model was proposed that accounts for (a) the range of possible familial adaptations, both positive and negative, involving the impact of perceived stress associated with the presence of a retarded child; and (b) the family's coping resources and ecological environments as interactive systems that serve to mediate the family's response to stress.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 6638076
AN - SCOPUS:0020564517
SN - 0002-9351
VL - 88
SP - 125
EP - 138
JO - American Journal of Mental Deficiency
JF - American Journal of Mental Deficiency
IS - 2
ER -