 |
customer@davidpublishing.com |
 |
3275638434 |
 |
 |
| Paper Publishing WeChat |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Adolescent Perceptions on the Impact of Growing Up With a Parent With a Disability
Suzanne Morin, Kala Nelson, Nicholas Corbo-Cruz
Full-Text PDF
XML 1954 Views
DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2015.05.005
Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, USA
Over the years, a significant amount of research has been conducted on the effects disabilities have on parents, however, there has not been much research conducted on the subject-matter from the perspective of the child. The focus of this study was to investigate the overarching themes expressed by individuals who grew up with a parent with a disability; self-perceptions, relationships, and skillfulness. Within this two-phase study, participants were distributed YCPS (the Young Caregivers Perception Survey) as well as a revised version, the YCPS-R through an online SONA system at a Northeastern university. Consistent findings in this study revealed that participants reported that they had perceived higher levels of independence and overall responsibilities to the family as compared to their friends or other children with parents who are not disabled. Participants also reported high levels of support from siblings, relatives, and friends, as well as felt as though they were able to ask for help from others.
parental disability, adolescent caregivers, young caregivers, adolescent pecrceptions
Suzanne Morin, Kala Nelson, & Nicholas Corbo-Cruz. (2015). Adolescent Perceptions on the Impact of Growing Up With a Parent With a Disability. Psychology Research, 5(5), 311-316.
Doutre, G., Green, R., & Knight-Elliott, A. (2013). Listening to the voices of young carers using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and a strengths-based perspective. Educational & Child Psychology, 30(4), 30-43.
Harstone, A., Bergen, S. R., & Sweetgrass, M. (2010). Young carers: Children caring for family members living with an illness or disability. Relational Child & Youth Care Practice, 23(1), 39-45.
Harstone, A., & Charles, G. (2012). Children of parents with mental illness: Young caring, coping and transitioning into adulthood. Relational Child & Youth Care Practice, 25(2), 14-27.
Joseph, S., Becker, S., Becker, F., & Regel, S. (2009). Assessment of caring and its effects in young people: Development of the Multidimensional Assessment of Caring Activities Checklist (MACA-YC18) and the Positive and Negative Outcomes of Caring Questionnaire (PANOC-YC20) for young carers. Child: Care, Health & Development, 35(4), 510-520. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00959.x
Lombardo, K. L., & Motta, R. W. (2008). Secondary trauma in children of parents with mental illness. Traumatology, 14(3), 57-67. doi:10.1177/1534765608320331
Olkin, R., Abrams, K., Preston, P., & Kirshbaum, M. (2006). Comparison of parents with and without disabilities raising teens: Information from the nhis and two national surveys. Rehabilitation Psychology, 51(1), 43-49. doi:10.1037/0090-5550.51.1.43
Pakenham, K. I., & Cox, S. (2012). Test of a model of the effects of parental illness on youth and family functioning. Health Psychology, 31(5), 580-590. doi:10.1037/a0026530
Riebschleger, J. (2004). Good days and bad days: The experiences of childrenof a parent with a psychiatric disability. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 28(1), 25-31.