• Title/Summary/Keyword: mothers of persons with intellectual disabilities

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An exploratory study of differences in the relationship between social support and caregiving self-efficacy among mothers of persons with intellectual disability across the life span (지적 장애인을 자녀로 둔 어머니의 사회적 지지가 돌봄 자기효능감(Caregiving Self-Efficacy)에 주는 영향: 장애인 생애주기의 조절효과에 대한 탐색적 연구)

  • Kim, Kyo-Yeon
    • Korean Journal of Family Social Work
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    • no.23
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    • pp.43-70
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    • 2008

  • This study investigated the relationship between social support and caregiving self-efficacy among 530 mothers of persons with intellectual disabilities in their childhood(age 3-12), adolescence(age 13-18), and adulthood(age 19-35), exploring the moderating effect of the life span affiliation of the children with disabilities. The analysis revealed that greater perception of social support predicted higher level of caregiving self-efficacy for all the mothers. However, the moderating effect was detected indicating that there were differences in the effects of social support on caregiving self-efficacy across groups. Although social support was found to have some positive effects on caregiving self-efficacy for each group of mothers of both adolescents and adults, no effects for a group of mothers of children. These findings suggested that greater emphasis be placed on the expanded provision of social support for families of persons with intellectual disabilities in their developmental stages following the childhood.