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