TY - JOUR
T1 - Family-centered practices and the parental well-being of young children with disabilities and developmental delay
AU - Mas, Joana Maria
AU - Dunst, Carl J.
AU - Balcells-Balcells, Anna
AU - Garcia-Ventura, Simon
AU - Giné, Climent
AU - Cañadas, Margarita
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has been carried out through funds from the Ministry of Universities and Research of the Department of Enterprise and Knowledge of the Generalitat de Catalunya. We thank families that have participated in this study for dedicating their time and sharing with us their knowledge. We also want to express our gratitude to the ECI professionals and coordinators for their support
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - Background: Research evidence from studies in North America on the relationships between family-centered practices, parents’ self-efficacy beliefs, parenting confidence and competence beliefs, and parents’ psychological well-being was used to confirm or disconfirm the same relationships in two studies in Spain. Aims: The aim of Study 1 was to determine if results from studies in North America could be replicated in Spain and the aim of Study 2 was to determine if results from Study 1 could be replicated with a second sample of families in Spain. Methods and procedures: A survey including the study measures was used to obtain data needed to evaluate the relationships among the variables of interest. The participants were 105 family members in Study 1 and 310 family members in Study 2 recruited from nine early childhood intervention programs. Structural equation modeling was used to test the direct and indirect effects of the study variables on parents’ well-being. Outcomes and results: Results showed that family-centered practices were directly related to both self-efficacy beliefs and parenting beliefs, and indirectly related to parents’ psychological well-being mediated by belief appraisals. Conclusion and implications: The pattern of results was similar to those reported in other studies of family-centered practices. Results indicated that the use of family-centered practices can have positive effects on parent well-being beyond that associated with different types of belief appraisals.
AB - Background: Research evidence from studies in North America on the relationships between family-centered practices, parents’ self-efficacy beliefs, parenting confidence and competence beliefs, and parents’ psychological well-being was used to confirm or disconfirm the same relationships in two studies in Spain. Aims: The aim of Study 1 was to determine if results from studies in North America could be replicated in Spain and the aim of Study 2 was to determine if results from Study 1 could be replicated with a second sample of families in Spain. Methods and procedures: A survey including the study measures was used to obtain data needed to evaluate the relationships among the variables of interest. The participants were 105 family members in Study 1 and 310 family members in Study 2 recruited from nine early childhood intervention programs. Structural equation modeling was used to test the direct and indirect effects of the study variables on parents’ well-being. Outcomes and results: Results showed that family-centered practices were directly related to both self-efficacy beliefs and parenting beliefs, and indirectly related to parents’ psychological well-being mediated by belief appraisals. Conclusion and implications: The pattern of results was similar to those reported in other studies of family-centered practices. Results indicated that the use of family-centered practices can have positive effects on parent well-being beyond that associated with different types of belief appraisals.
KW - Family-centered practices
KW - Parenting beliefs
KW - Psychological well-being
KW - Self-efficacy beliefs
KW - Structural equation modeling
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ridd.2019.103495
DO - 10.1016/j.ridd.2019.103495
M3 - Article
C2 - 31499380
AN - SCOPUS:85071872026
SN - 0891-4222
VL - 94
JO - Research in Developmental Disabilities
JF - Research in Developmental Disabilities
M1 - 103495
ER -
