Abstract
The aim of this study was to test whether the effect of the pile-up of demands associated with a disability on quality of
life, was mediated by resilience, quantity and quality of social support for adolescents with a disability and their parents.
One hundred and thirty two parents, 90 mothers and 42 fathers and 111 adolescents, aged between 16 and 24 years completed
measures of the pile-up of demands, social support, resilience and quality of life. Structural equation modeling with the
bootstrap resampling method showed that the impact of the disability of their son/daughter on the quality of life of the parents
was fully mediated through the parents’ resilience and the quantity of social support and that resilience, however only partly,
mediates the effect of adaptive skills on the quality of life of the adolescents with a disability. Limitations of the study
and clinical implications are discussed.
life, was mediated by resilience, quantity and quality of social support for adolescents with a disability and their parents.
One hundred and thirty two parents, 90 mothers and 42 fathers and 111 adolescents, aged between 16 and 24 years completed
measures of the pile-up of demands, social support, resilience and quality of life. Structural equation modeling with the
bootstrap resampling method showed that the impact of the disability of their son/daughter on the quality of life of the parents
was fully mediated through the parents’ resilience and the quantity of social support and that resilience, however only partly,
mediates the effect of adaptive skills on the quality of life of the adolescents with a disability. Limitations of the study
and clinical implications are discussed.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category ORIGINAL ARTICLE
- Pages 1-17
- DOI 10.1007/s10882-012-9285-1
- Authors
- Femke Migerode, Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, H. Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Bea Maes, Department of Parenting and Special Education, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Ann Buysse, Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, H. Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Ruben Brondeel, Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, H. Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Journal Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
- Online ISSN 1573-3580
- Print ISSN 1056-263X