Family functioning as a mediator or moderator between child behavioural and emotional problems and maternal psychological distress.

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q1 EDUCATION, SPECIAL

Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-14 DOI:10.3109/13668250.2024.2448005

Daniel Sutherland, Paul Thompson, Samantha Flynn, Richard Hastings

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Abstract

Background: Mothers of children with intellectual disabilities are more likely to show elevated psychological distress, with child behavioural and emotional problems being a significant risk factor. Family Resilience Theory suggests that family relationships are crucial in influencing adaptation to stressors. We investigated whether family functioning mediates or moderates the relationship between child behavioural and emotional problems and subsequent maternal psychological distress.

Method: We conducted mediation and moderation analyses on data from 324 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities in a United Kingdom (UK) prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Results: Family functioning had a small mediating effect on the relationship between child behavioural and emotional problems and subsequent maternal psychological distress. Family functioning did not moderate the relationship between child behavioural and emotional problems and later maternal psychological distress.

Conclusions: The mechanism of the effect of child behavioural and emotional problems on maternal mental health may at least partially involve changes in family functioning.

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家庭在儿童行为和情绪问题与母亲心理困扰之间的中介或调节作用。

背景：智障儿童的母亲更有可能表现出更高的心理困扰，儿童行为和情绪问题是一个重要的风险因素。家庭弹性理论认为，家庭关系是影响压力源适应的关键。我们调查了家庭功能是否介导或调节儿童行为和情绪问题以及随后的母亲心理困扰之间的关系。方法：我们对英国一项前瞻性纵向队列研究中324名智障儿童母亲的数据进行了中介和调节分析。结果：家庭功能对儿童行为和情绪问题与随后的母亲心理困扰之间的关系有轻微的中介作用。家庭功能并没有缓和儿童行为和情绪问题与后来母亲心理困扰之间的关系。结论：儿童行为和情绪问题对母亲心理健康影响的机制可能至少部分涉及家庭功能的改变。

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期刊介绍： Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability (formerly the Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities) is the official journal of the Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability (ASSID). JIDD is an international, multidisciplinary journal in the field of intellectual and developmental disability. The journal publishes original qualitative and quantitative research papers, literature reviews, conceptual articles, brief reports, case reports, data briefs, and opinions and perspectives.