Open AccessLongitudinal Perspectives of Child Positive Impact on Families: Relationship to Disability and Culture
Author(s) -
Jan Blacher,
Gazi Begum,
George A. Marcoulides,
Bruce L. Baker
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1944-7588
pISSN - 1944-7558
DOI - 10.1352/1944-7558-118.2.141
Subject(s) - intellectual disability , psychology , longitudinal study , developmental psychology , perception , latent growth modeling , typically developing , medicine , psychiatry , pathology , neuroscience , autism
This study examined mothers' perceptions of the positive impact of having a child with an intellectual disability. Trajectories of positive impact from 7 time points were developed using latent growth modeling and 2 predictors: culture (Anglo, Latino) and child disability status (intellectual disability, typical development). Data were from 219 mothers of children from age 3 to 9 years. Growth trajectories reflected a general decline in positive impact on Anglo mothers. On average, at age 3, Anglo mothers reported significantly lower initial values on positive impact when their children had an intellectual disability, but Latino mothers did not. Across all time points, Latino mothers had higher scores on the positive impact, regardless of whether they had a child with an intellectual disability or a typically developing child.