Journal of Pediatric Psychology 14(3) pp. 371-387, 1989
© 1989 Society of Pediatric Psychology
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The Social Environment and the Adaptation of Mothers of Physically Handicapped Children1
Sparks Center and Department of Psychology, University of Alabama Birmingham, Orthopaedic Hospital and University of Southern California, University of Southern California
2All correspondence should be addressed to Jan L. Wallander, Sparks Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35233
Evaluated relationships between social environmental characteristics and adaptation in 50 mothers of congenitally physically handicapped 6- to 11-year-old children. Mothers reported on utilitarian resources, child adjustment, psychosocial family resources, service utilization, and three dimensions of adaptation. Analyses of the concurrent correlational design indicated significant proportions of the variance in mental and social functioning were explained by features of the social environment. Mother's physical health could not be significantly predicted. Consistently strong contributions were made by psychosocial family resources in all adaptation domains.
Key words: maternal adaptation; physically handicapped children; social environment; cerebral palsy; spina bifida.
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