New HIV/AIDS study results from New York Medical College, Medical College described
2007 NOV 19 -- According to a study from the United States, "Research has shown that parents of children with special health care needs experience more parenting stress than parents of typically developing children, but the relation between the type of disability and parenting stress is far from clear (Stein 1988; Tew and Lawrence 1975; Breslau et al. 1982; Miller et al. 1992). To explore the relation between the type of disability and parenting stress, parenting stress data on the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) (Abidin 1995) and demographic information were collected from convenience samples of parents of four cohorts of children: children with ADHD, children with developmental disabilities, children with HIV infection and children with asthma, and typically developing children." "Parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and parents of children with developmental disabilities (DD) reported higher total stress than parents of HIV-infected, asthmatic, and typically developing children. Ethnicity did not explain any of the group differences, but caregiver's language, education, employment status, and overall life stresses explained some of the group differences in parent-related domains," wrote V.B. Gupta and colleagues, New York Medical College, Medical College. The researchers concluded: "Level of stress in parents of children with special needs is determined by overall nature of the disorder, with the parents of children with ADHD and developmental disorders reporting higher levels of parenting stress than children with HIV infection, asthma, and healthy controls." Gupta and colleagues published the results of their research in the Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities (Comparison of parenting stress in different developmental disabilities. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2007;19(4):417-425). For additional information, contact V.B. Gupta, New York Medical College, Metropolitan Hospital Center, 1901 1st Avenue, Rm 523, New York City, NY 10029, USA. The publisher of the Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities can be contacted at: Springer, Plenum Publishers, 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013, USA. Keywords: United States, New York, HIV/AIDS, AIDS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Virology, New York Medical College, Medical College. This article was prepared by AIDS Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2007, AIDS Weekly via NewsRx.com.
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