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Alleviating Parenting Stress in Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Video‐feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting
Author(s) -
Hodes Marja W.,
Meppelder Marieke,
Moor Marleen,
Kef Sabina,
Schuengel Carlo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/jar.12302
Subject(s) - intellectual disability , psychology , intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , positive parenting , developmental psychology , randomization , clinical psychology , test (biology) , video feedback , parenting skills , child rearing , borderline intellectual functioning , medicine , psychiatry , cognition , paleontology , physics , surgery , optics , biology
Background Adapted parenting support may alleviate the high levels of parenting stress experienced by many parents with intellectual disabilities. Methods Parents with mild intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning were randomized to experimental ( n = 43) and control ( n = 42) conditions. Parents in both groups received care‐as‐usual. The experimental group also received an adapted version of video‐feedback intervention for positive parenting and learning difficulties ( VIPP ‐ LD ). Measures of parenting stress were obtained pre‐test, post‐test and 3‐month follow‐up. Results Randomization to the experimental group led to a steeper decline in parenting stress related to the child compared to the control group ( d = 0.46). No statistically significant effect on stress related to the parent's own functioning or situation was found. Conclusions The results of the study suggest the feasibility of reducing parenting stress in parents with mild intellectual disability (MID) through parenting support, to the possible benefit of their children.