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KMID : 0357220120240020098
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Journal of Korean Society Physical Therapy
2012 Volume.24 No. 2 p.98 ~ p.106
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A Survey on Stress and Coping Style in Mothers of Cerebral Palsied Children
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Lee Hye-Young
Kim-Kyoung
Cha Yong-Jun
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Abstract
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Purpose: The goal of this study was to analyze the degree of stress and methods of coping with stress in mothers of cerebral palsied children and to provide a basic resource for the development of policies to improve the mental health of mothers with cerebral palsied children.
Methods: 85 mothers with cerebral palsied children and 77 mothers of normal children completed a self-administered questionnaire that evaluated the degree of stress and methods of coping with stress. Cronbach’s α score was used to determine the internal consistency of the acquired data and the discriminated validity was estimated by Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Independent t-tests were conducted to compare the degree of stress and method of coping with stress between mothers of cerebral palsied children and mothers of normal children and one-way ANOVA was performed to analyze the effect of generalized characteristics on stress in mothers of cerebral palsied children.
Results: The degree of stress in terms of anxiety response and roles as mother for mothers with cerebral palsied children was higher than mothers with normal children. However, there was no significant difference between two group in regards to the methods of coping with stress during a stressful episode. The degree of stress for mothers with cerebral palsied children was greater when the child was younger.
Conclusion: Mothers of cerebral palsied children had higher stress than that of mothers with normal children and felt more stress when their child was younger. Therefore, these results suggest that health-based policies should be developed to improve the mental health of mothers with cerebral palsied children.
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KEYWORD
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Cerebral palsy, Mother’s stress, Coping stress
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