Brief Report: Stress in parents of adults with intellectual disabilities attending Special Olympics competitions

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dc.contributor.authorWeiss, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorDiamond, Terry
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-15T22:25:08Z
dc.date.available2017-05-15T22:25:08Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractParents of individuals with intellectual disabilities often experience higher levels of child-related stress than parents of individuals without an intellectual disability. The present study examines differences in the degree of maternal and paternal stress found in parents who watch their adult children at Special Olympics competition events compared to parents who watch less frequently. Fifty-seven mothers and 39 fathers completed the Parenting Stress Index (3rd Ed; Abidin, 1995) in reference to their children with intellectual disability, whose ages ranged from 17 to 42.3 years. Also measured were the frequency of parental attendance at competition and whether or not parents volunteered for Special Olympics. Results indicated that mothers and fathers who almost always watched their adult child compete experienced more reinforcement and more acceptability than parents who did not watch with the same frequency. This did not depend on their volunteer membership with Special Olympics, although mothers who had volunteered for the organization reporter more child-related stress than mothers who had not volunteered.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipOntario Special Olympics, Inc Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Quebec
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 18 (2005):263-270.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33095
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsThis is the accepted version of the following article: Weiss, J. A., & Diamond, T. (2005). Brief Report: Stress in parents of adult children with intellectual disabilities attending Special Olympics competition. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 18, 263-270. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.en_US
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal*
dc.subjectIntellectual disabilityen_US
dc.subjectParentsen_US
dc.subjectStressen_US
dc.subjectCompetitionen_US
dc.subjectVolunteerismen_US
dc.titleBrief Report: Stress in parents of adults with intellectual disabilities attending Special Olympics competitions
dc.typeArticleen_US

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