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Lloyd, Tracey; Hastings, Richard P. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: Psychological mechanisms may help to explain the variance observed in parental psychological adjustment in parents of children with intellectual disability (ID). In this study, parental locus of control and its role in relation to maternal psychological well-being was explored. Method: Questionnaires were sent to 91 mothers of children…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mothers, Mental Retardation, Parents
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Williams, Caitlin A.; Bailey, Tom; Hastings, Richard P. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Existing research has predominately focused on dyadic relationships in families of children with intellectual disabilities. The aim of this study was to build on emerging literature exploring triadic relationships between a mother, sibling, and child with intellectual disability, investigating how they influence each other's…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Intellectual Disability, Siblings
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Grey, Jillian M.; Totsika, Vasiliki; Hastings, Richard P. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Providing long-term care to an adult relative with intellectual disability can impact negatively on caregivers' health and well-being. Methods: Data were collected via online and postal questionnaires on 110 family carers' physical and psychological health, family stress and perceived positive gains from caring. Psychological…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Intellectual Disability, Adults, Family Relationship
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Hastings, Richard P.; Kovshoff, Hanna; Ward, Nicholas J.; degli Espinosa, Francesca; Brown, Tony; Remington, Bob – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
Systemic analyses of psychological functioning in families of children with autism have typically shown that parents report different experiences (e.g., stress) and that siblings may also be affected. The purpose of the present research was more explicitly to address relationships between child, partner, and parent variables. Parents of 48…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Mothers, Fathers, Preschool Children
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Owen, Dawn M.; Hastings, Richard P.; Noone, Stephen J.; Chinn, Joanna; Harman, Kattie; Roberts, Julia; Taylor, Kelly – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
Very few existing empirical studies have explored the putative association between exposure to negative life events and psychological well-being in adults with developmental disabilities. In the present study, data on exposure to life events in the previous 12 months, adaptive behavior, problem behavior, and psychiatric problems were provided by…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Developmental Disabilities, Correlation, Behavior Problems