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Depression in mothers and fathers of children with intellectual disability.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Olsson, M. B. Hwang, Carl Philip |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | Parental depression was assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in 216 families with children with autism and/or intellectual disability (ID), and in 214 control families. Mothers with children with autism had higher depression scores (mean = 11.8) than mothers of children with ID without autism (mean = 9.2), who in turn, had higher depression scores than fathers of children with autism (mean = 6.2), fathers of children with ID without autism (mean = 5.0), and control mothers (mean = 5.0) and fathers (mean = 4.1). Forty-five per cent of mothers with children with ID without autism and 50% of mothers with children with autism had elevated depression scores (BDI > 9), compared to 15-21% in the other groups. Single mothers of children with disabilities were found to be more vulnerable to severe depression than mothers living with a partner. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1046/j.1365-2788.2001.00372.x |
| PubMed reference number | 11737541 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 45 |
| Part | 6 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.pol.gu.se/digitalAssets/1328/1328176_artikel1.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2788.2001.00372.x |
| Journal | Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
