Parents with Intellectual Disability Reporting on Factors Affecting Their Caregiving in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Autor/inn/en	Forslund, Tommie; Fernqvist, Stina; Tegler, Helena
Titel	Parents with Intellectual Disability Reporting on Factors Affecting Their Caregiving in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35 (2022) 6, S.1380-1389 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Forslund, Tommie) ORCID (Fernqvist, Stina) ORCID (Tegler, Helena)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.13026
Schlagwörter	Parents; Intellectual Disability; Child Rearing; Stress Variables; COVID-19; Pandemics; Parent Child Relationship; Foreign Countries; Coping; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Eltern; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Kindererziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ausland; Bewältigung; Schweden
Abstract	Background: Parents with intellectual disability are vulnerable to parenting stress and overwhelming life events. The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a potentially overwhelming event, but there is little knowledge concerning the effects on parents' caregiving. The present study aimed to fill this gap. Method: Semi-structured interviews with 10 Swedish parents with intellectual disability were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: One broad caregiving-related theme: increased caregiving demands and reduced resources for coping resulting in strained parent-child interactions and relationships. Four subthemes highlighted influential factors: pandemic information, professional support, social relationships and informal support, and children's school activities. Strained parent-child interactions were particularly common in the absence of adapted pandemic information, if professional and informal support were compromised, and if the parents had dealt with school-related changes. Conclusions: Findings support contextual models of caregiving and a stress-resources perspective, and emphasise the importance of adapted information and support to parents with intellectual disability during crises. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01