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Perceived needs among parents of children with a mild intellectual disability in Sweden Cover

Perceived needs among parents of children with a mild intellectual disability in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Volume 19 (2017): Issue 4
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|Apr 2017
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Table 1.

Sample characteristics, relative frequencies (absolute frequencies in brackets).

The child with an IDAge7–1239% (15/38)13–1761% (23/38)GenderMale63% (24/38)Female37% (14/38)Health status: has at least one diagnosis besides the IDYes68% (25/37)No32% (12/37)Family situationChild living together with both his/her parents68% (26/38)Child living together with one parent32% (12/38)Contact with services, age of the child at the first contact with:Social servicesMean 7,9 (33 children)Pediatric habilitation servicesMean 4,8 (34 children)Parental educationMotherFatherCompulsory school for pupils with an ID3% (1/36)3% (1/32)Compulsory school (nine years)5% (2/36)12% (4/32)Upper secondary school64% (23/36)66% (21/32)University28% (10/36)16% (5/32)Other–3% (1/32)Parental work statusPaid work81% (30/37) working time mean 72%91% (29/32) working time mean 89%Applying for work3% (1/37)6% (2/32)Studying––Other (the parent have not defined the work status)16% (6/37)3% (1/32)

Note: The diagnoses were epilepsy, Autism, Asperger, Cerebral palsy, ADHD/DCD, Speech-/language disorder.

Table 2.

Index and Cronbach’s alpha for Questionnaire 2.

IndexAlpha valueNeeds for information0.49Needs for support (psychosocial support)0.68Explaining to others0.75Community services0.61Financial needs0.65Family functioning0.77Parents control over services0.65Parental self-efficacy0.73How parents perceive general support0.60How parents perceive specific support0.87
Table 3.

Correlation between family needs and parental self-efficacy and parental control over services.

Family’s needs for:Parental self-efficacyParental control over servicesp-values*Pearson correlationnp-values*Pearson correlationnNeeds for information0.02−0.386380.03−0.34538Need for support0.11−0.272350.16−0.24235Explaining to others0.32−0.175340.32−0.17634Community services0.56−0.099380.94−0.01238Financial needs0.51−0.110380.230.20038Family functioning0.910.018380.210.20738How parents perceive general support0.220.236290.030.41029How parents perceive specific support0.070.32433<0.010.56133Parental control over services<0.010.64038–––

*The bold values are the value that were below <.05 and were considered statistically significant.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2016.1167773 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
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Language: English
Page range: 307 - 317
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2015
Accepted on: Mar 15, 2016
Published on: Apr 4, 2017
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Child,
intellectual disability,
need assessment,
self-efficacy

© 2017 Karina Huus, Lena M. Olsson, Elisabeth Elgmark Andersson, Mats Granlund, Lilly Augustine, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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