Parenting Stress Index: Einsatz bei Müttern sprachentwicklungsgestörter Kinder

Author(s)

Ines Schaunig, Ulrike Willinger, Gabriele Diendorfer-Radner, Veronika Hager, Gudrun Jörgl, Ulrike Sirsch, Judith Sams

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to get a differentiated view of stress experience of mothers of children with a specific language impairment with a standardised questionnaire. Our sample consisted of 63 mothers of language impaired children between 3;0 and 6;5 years consecutively recruited at the University-ENT clinic of Vienna. Parenting stress was assessed by the "Parenting Stress Index" of Abidin (1995) and the results were compaired to mothers of a control group matched by sex and age of the children. The results showed significant mean differences between mothers of the clinical and the control group. In nearly all subscales mothers of language impaired children have higher stress scores than mothers of the control group. 68% of mothers of the clinical group are exposed to above-average stress levels whereas only 1,5% of mothers of children with normal language development show above-average parenting stress. For a successful intervention on children with a specific language impairment it seems to be very important to identify parental Stressors and to treat and support parents too.

Organisation(s)

External organisation(s)

Medizinische Universität Wien

Journal

Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie: Ergebnisse aus Psychoanalyse, Psychologie und Familientherapie

Volume

53

Pages

395-405

No. of pages

11

ISSN

0032-7034

Publication date

2004

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

5010 Psychology

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/044313b6-6c8e-4479-8cbb-d4dd475d9045