TY - JOUR
T1 - The association between stress and physical health in parents caring for children with intellectual disabilities is moderated by children's challenging behaviours
AU - Gallagher, Stephen
AU - Whiteley, Jennifer
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - The present study examined the moderating role of social support and challenging behaviour on the stress-physical health relationship in parents caring for children with intellectual disabilities. Parents of children with intellectual disabilities (n = 70) reported more physical health problems compared to control parents (n = 45) and were more likely to visit their general practitioner. Furthermore, challenging behaviours, but not social support, moderated this association: parents of children with intellectual disabilities reported poorer physical health when both challenging behaviours and stress were perceived to be high. These findings suggest that interventions need to be directed towards ameliorating the impact of challenging behaviours.
AB - The present study examined the moderating role of social support and challenging behaviour on the stress-physical health relationship in parents caring for children with intellectual disabilities. Parents of children with intellectual disabilities (n = 70) reported more physical health problems compared to control parents (n = 45) and were more likely to visit their general practitioner. Furthermore, challenging behaviours, but not social support, moderated this association: parents of children with intellectual disabilities reported poorer physical health when both challenging behaviours and stress were perceived to be high. These findings suggest that interventions need to be directed towards ameliorating the impact of challenging behaviours.
KW - challenging behaviours
KW - intellectual disabilities
KW - physical health
KW - social support
KW - stress
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883576500&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1359105312464672
DO - 10.1177/1359105312464672
M3 - Article
C2 - 23129834
AN - SCOPUS:84883576500
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 18
SP - 1220
EP - 1231
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 9
ER -