Psychosocial and Biological Markers of Daily Lives of Midlife Parents of Children with Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Almeida, David M.; Greenberg, Jan S.; Savla, Jyoti; Stawski, Robert S.; Hong, Jinkuk; Taylor, Julie Lounds
Titel	Psychosocial and Biological Markers of Daily Lives of Midlife Parents of Children with Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 50 (2009) 1, S.1-15 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1465
DOI	10.1177/002214650905000101
Schlagwörter	Disabilities; Parents; Adults; Children; Psychological Patterns; Biology; Social Influences; Interviews; Comparative Analysis; Child Rearing; Parent Child Relationship; Metabolism; Stress Variables; Time Management; Affective Behavior; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Well Being; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Marital Status; Employment Level; Educational Attainment; Family Income; Family Structure; Gender Differences; Work Environment; Family Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handicap; Behinderung; Eltern; Child; Kind; Kinder; Biologie; Sozialer Einfluss; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kindererziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Stoffwechsel; Zeitmanagement; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Familienstand; Beschäftigungsgrad; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familieneinkommen; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Geschlechterkonflikt; Arbeitsmilieu; Familienmilieu
Abstract	Using daily telephone interviews, 82 midlife parents (mean age = 57.4) of children with disabilities (mean age = 29.9) were compared with a closely matched sample of unaffected parents (N = 82) to elucidate the daily experience of non-normative parenting. In addition, salivary cortisol samples were obtained to examine whether parents of children with disabilities had dysregulated diurnal rhythms and the extent to which the amount of time spent with children was associated with divergent patterns of cortisol expression. We found that parents of children with disabilities had similar patterns of daily time use and similar likelihood of positive daily events as the comparison group, but they had elevated levels of stress, negative affect, and physical symptoms, all reported on a daily basis. In addition, their diurnal rhythm of cortisol expression differed significantly from the comparison group, a pattern that was strongest for parents of children with disabilities on days when they spent more time with their children. (Contains 4 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10