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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY
Volume 74, Issue 1, Pages 14-25Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.1.14
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH055928] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R01AG008768] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NHGRI NIH HHS [T32 HG07489] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG008768, R01 AG08768] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [T32 HD007489] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH055928, R01 MH055928-05, MH55928] Funding Source: Medline
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This article investigates the effects of the quality of the relationship between maternal caregivers and their adult child with disabilities on maternal well-being and whether this effect is mediated by dispositional optimism. Mothers caring for an adult child with Down syndrome (n = 126), schizophrenia (n = 292), or autism (n = 102) were surveyed. Mothers of adults with schizophrenia and autism had better psychological well-being when the mother/adult child relationship was positive, but this effect was mediated totally or partially by optimism. For all 3 groups, optimism was related to better mental and physical health. The findings highlight the importance of dispositional optimism, a psychological resource that has been virtually ignored in studies of family caregivers of adults with disabilities.
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