ABSTRACT

Background

Parents with intellectual disability, like all other parents, are embedded in networks of capability-enhancing and/or capability-inhibiting relationships. This study investigated links between how parents with intellectual disability experienced their upbringing, continuity and discontinuity in familial relationships, and their assessments of their own parenting.

Method

Structured interviews, incorporating scales and open-ended questions, were conducted with 91 parents in receipt of specialist services for people with intellectual disability, including 82 mothers and 9 fathers.

Results

Most participants (81%) had experienced at least one form of childhood abuse or household adversity. Participants who recalled a more positive upbringing, including less adversity and more parental care, tended to have stronger support networks and reported greater parenting role satisfaction and emotional warmth in their interactions with their own children.

Conclusion

The results highlight the need to understand parenting by people with intellectual disability in biographical and relational context.

中文翻译：

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智障人士的童年经历、家庭支持和养育子女

摘要

背景

与所有其他父母一样，智障父母都嵌入能力增强和/或能力抑制关系网络中。这项研究调查了智障父母如何经历他们的成长、家庭关系的连续性和不连续性，以及他们对自己养育子女的评估之间的联系。

方法

对 91 名接受智障人士专业服务的家长进行了结构化访谈，包括量表和开放式问题，其中包括 82 名母亲和 9 名父亲。

结果

大多数参与者（81%）至少经历过一种形式的童年虐待或家庭逆境。回忆起更积极的成长经历（包括更少的逆境和更多​​的父母关爱）的参与者往往拥有更强大的支持网络，并且在与自己孩子的互动中报告了更高的育儿角色满意度和情感温暖。

结论

结果强调了在传记和关系背景下理解智障人士养育子女的必要性。