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Burkitt, Chantel C.; Breau, Lynn M.; Zabalia, Marc – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Pain coping is thought to be the most significant behavioural contribution to the adjustment to pain. Little is known about how those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) cope with pain. We describe parental reported coping styles and how coping relates to individual factors. Seventy-seven caregivers of children and adults with…
Descriptors: Mental Age, Age Groups, Mental Retardation, Caregivers
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Palisano, Robert J.; Chiarello, Lisa A.; Orlin, Margo; Oeffinger, Donna; Polansky, Marcy; Maggs, Jill; Bagley, Anita; Gorton, George – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2011
Aim: To test a model of child, family, and service determinants of intensity of participation in leisure and recreational activities by children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: Participants were 288 children with CP, age range 6 to 12 years (mean 9y 8mo, SD 2y), and their parents from seven children's hospitals. The sample comprised 166 (57.6%)…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Structural Equation Models, Cerebral Palsy, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Robinson, Tristan; Marwit, Samuel J. – Death Studies, 2006
A mediational model of grief intensity (Meuser & Marwit, 2000) was examined in a population at risk for complicated grief. Coping strategies (emotion-oriented, task-oriented, and avoidance-oriented coping) were hypothesized to mediate the influence of personality factors (neuroticism and extraversion) on grief. Bereaved mothers (N =138)…
Descriptors: Personality, Coping, Grief, Measures (Individuals)