Mental health of mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan
This study examined maternal mental health in mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan; maternal education and affiliate stigma were also tested. It was hypothesised that mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders would experience high leve...
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| author | Neoh, Michelle Jin Yee Airoldi, Livia Arshad, Zarah Wasmiah Bin Eid Esposito, Gianluca Dimitriou, Dagmara |
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| author_facet | School of Social Sciences Neoh, Michelle Jin Yee Airoldi, Livia Arshad, Zarah Wasmiah Bin Eid Esposito, Gianluca Dimitriou, Dagmara |
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| description | This study examined maternal mental health in mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan; maternal education and affiliate stigma were also tested. It was hypothesised that mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders would experience high levels of depression, anxiety and affiliate stigma, and that these variables would be mediated by the level of maternal education. Seventy-five mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders were recruited from "Special Needs" schools in Lahore and Islamabad. The results showed that the majority of mothers were clinically depressed and a large majority of mothers were clinically anxious. The distribution of mothers with clinical anxiety was significantly different among mothers with different levels of education (p < 0.05). Furthermore, mothers with higher levels of education had less affiliate stigma. This result suggests that maternal education may be a protective factor of mental health in mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders. Limitations, implications and future research are discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1636632023-03-05T15:32:28Z Mental health of mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan Neoh, Michelle Jin Yee Airoldi, Livia Arshad, Zarah Wasmiah Bin Eid Esposito, Gianluca Dimitriou, Dagmara School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Psychology Mental Health Neurodevelopmental Disorders This study examined maternal mental health in mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan; maternal education and affiliate stigma were also tested. It was hypothesised that mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders would experience high levels of depression, anxiety and affiliate stigma, and that these variables would be mediated by the level of maternal education. Seventy-five mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders were recruited from "Special Needs" schools in Lahore and Islamabad. The results showed that the majority of mothers were clinically depressed and a large majority of mothers were clinically anxious. The distribution of mothers with clinical anxiety was significantly different among mothers with different levels of education (p < 0.05). Furthermore, mothers with higher levels of education had less affiliate stigma. This result suggests that maternal education may be a protective factor of mental health in mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders. Limitations, implications and future research are discussed. Published version 2022-12-14T03:20:48Z 2022-12-14T03:20:48Z 2022 Journal Article Neoh, M. J. Y., Airoldi, L., Arshad, Z., Wasmiah Bin Eid, Esposito, G. & Dimitriou, D. (2022). Mental health of mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan. Behavioral Sciences, 12(6), 161-. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12060161 2076-328X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163663 10.3390/bs12060161 35735371 2-s2.0-85134395793 6 12 161 en Behavioral Sciences © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology Mental Health Neurodevelopmental Disorders Neoh, Michelle Jin Yee Airoldi, Livia Arshad, Zarah Wasmiah Bin Eid Esposito, Gianluca Dimitriou, Dagmara Mental health of mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan |
| title | Mental health of mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan |
| title_full | Mental health of mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Mental health of mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental health of mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan |
| title_short | Mental health of mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in Pakistan |
| title_sort | mental health of mothers of children with neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in pakistan |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology Mental Health Neurodevelopmental Disorders |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163663 |
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