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Title

Adjustment of mothers of children with obstetrical brachial plexus injuries: testing a risk and resistance model

Author(s)

McLean, Louise A.;  Harvey, David H.;  Pallant, Julie F.;  Bartlett, Jane R.;  Mutimer, Keith L.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate direct and moderating effects of risk and resistance factors on the adjustment of mothers of children with obstetrical brachial plexus injuries (OBPI). Participants: Fifty-three mothers of children with OBPI recruited from an OBPI clinic in an Australian pediatric hospital. Measures: OBPI Severity Scale, Parents of Children With Disabilities Inventory, Family APGAR, Short Form Social Support Questionnaire-6, Life Orientation Test-Revised, Perceived Control of Internal States Scale, General Health Questionnaire-12. Results: The factors explained 30% of maternal adjustment variation. Resistance factors explained a unique 18%. Optimism was the only significant moderator. Conclusions: Findings confirm the importance of risk and resistance factors in maternal adjustment and enhance understanding by identifying optimism as a moderator of the risk/adjustment relationship. Interventions promoting optimism may facilitate maternal adjustment.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. School of Mathematical Sciences

Source

Rehabilitation Psychology, Vol. 49, no. 3 (2004), pp. 233-240

Publication year

2004

Publisher

American Psychological Association

ISSN

0090-5550

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0090-5550.49.3.233

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 American Psychological Association.

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