著者

尾野 明未 茂木 俊彦

出版者

公益財団法人 パブリックヘルスリサーチセンター

雑誌

ストレス科学研究 (ISSN:13419986)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.27, pp.23-31, 2012 (Released:2012-11-21)

参考文献数

29

被引用文献数

1

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Relationship between stress coping, social support and stress reactions of mothers parenting disabled children was investigated. A questionnaire survey was conducted with mothers with disabled children (n=127, average age=35.88, SD=4.49), inquiring about parenting stress, stress coping, stress reactions and social support. Mothers with healthy children (n=418, average age=35.92, SD=3.95) served as a control group. The results of simultaneous analysis of group data indicated that social support for mothers facilitated stress coping and increased mental health. On the other hand, informal support was not effective for stress relief of mothers with disabled children. Moreover, formal support promoted emotion focused coping through "catharsis," or "relaxation." It is suggested that it is important for government institutions to not only offer information, but also contribute to the mental relaxation of mothers with disabled children.