Factors affecting the experience of daily parenting stress:
1. Parental well-being
Thus, the parents with better well-being and who can maintain a more positive mental health status may be better able to better cope with stressful demands of caregiving.
2. Marital Quality
Recent research has found that having a good relationship with an intimate partner is associated with decreases in parenting stress, while single parenthood predicts greater levels of parenting stress. A supportive partner likely shares the burden of caregiving better, perhaps compensating for the generally high levels of parenting stress in these families.
3. Parent–child relationship quality
A positive parent–child relationship may facilitate better functioning across a range of possible adaptive outcomes, including lower stress.
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What stood out to me is the parent-child relationship, I feel this is the factor that would affect the stress level the most. Just in general, having a positive attitude can lower one's stress. This is the same for parents with children of disability. The more positive outlook, the better functioning the relationship.
ReplyDeleteOptimism is key when parenting any child and especially in the case of parenting a child with a disability, when there are factors that cause higher stress level for parents. I conducted an interview with a parent of a child with a disability and expected this discussion would leave me feeling hopeless for the loved ones of a child who has a disability. However, much to my surprise I was absolutely delighted by the positive outlook by the child's parents. I believe as you stated, "The more positive outlook, the better functioning the relationship".
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