ERIC Number: EJ954156
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-1931-5864
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Parental Cognitive Impairment, Mental Health, and Child Outcomes in a Child Protection Population
Feldman, Maurice; McConnell, David; Aunos, Marjorie
Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, v5 n1 p66-90 2012
Parents with cognitive impairments (CI) are overrepresented in child custody cases and their children are at risk for adverse outcomes. Ecological-transactional researchers propose that child outcomes are a function of the interaction of multiple distal, intermediate, and proximal risk and resilience factors. This study tested the fit of, and hypotheses from, an interactional model proposed by Feldman (2002) in a child protection sample of parents with CI ("Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect" [Trocme et al., 2003]). We found a range of child outcomes, with many children without problems. Different child outcomes were associated with different types of alleged abuse. Low parental social support and mental health issues predicted child functioning, with parental mental health mediating the relationship between social support and child outcome. Findings support an interactional view of families with parents with CI and suggest the need for comprehensive, ecologically-based family interventions to promote parent and child well-being. (Contains 3 figures, 6 tables, and 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Mental Health, Child Custody, Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Prediction, Intervention, Parents, Children, Well Being, Social Support Groups, Interaction, Models, Neurological Impairments, Individual Characteristics, Data Analysis, Child Behavior, Emotional Response
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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