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dc.contributor.authorAdams, D
dc.contributor.authorRose, J
dc.contributor.authorJackson, N
dc.contributor.authorKarakatsani, E
dc.contributor.authorOliver, C
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-01T23:50:43Z
dc.date.available2018-02-01T23:50:43Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1352-4658
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1352465817000704
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/368768
dc.description.abstractBackground: It is well documented that mothers of children with intellectual disabilities experience elevated mental health difficulties and that these are exacerbated by the presence of challenging behaviour. However, comparatively little is known about the effect of specific coping strategies for managing such behaviours. Aims: This paper aims to document coping strategies used by mothers of children showing multiple forms of challenging behaviour and to explore how these relate to positive and negative maternal mental health. Method: Eighty-nine mothers of children with intellectual disabilities completed questionnaires assessing maternal mental health (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Scale) and maternal coping strategies (Brief COPE). Results: Coping strategies were not associated with child age or ability, but were associated with maternal mental health. Higher levels of problem- and positive-coping strategies were associated with higher positive affect. Although active-avoidance coping was the least frequently reported, it was associated with higher levels of negative affect and increased anxiety and depression. Moderated mediation analyses identified that active-avoidance coping mediated the relationship between the number of forms of challenging behaviour and poor maternal mental health, but only in mothers with lower levels of problem-focused coping. Conclusions: Active-avoidance coping is associated with poorer negative mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disabilities who have average to low levels of problem-focused coping. This is reflective of that noted within a range of populations, highlighting it as a key area for intervention.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto19
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBehavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecial education and disability
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode390411
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleCoping strategies in mothers of children with intellectual disabilities showing multiple forms of challenging behaviour: associations with maternal mental health
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.rights.copyright© 2017 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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gro.griffith.authorAdams, Dawn M.


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