Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Past studies from various cultures have reported that parents of children with special needs experience more distress. The present study aimed to explore the psychological states of local Chinese parents of children with special needs in Hong Kong with the construct of coping flexibility incorporated. Participants were 116 parents of children with special needs and 62 parents of children without special needs. Results indicated that Chinese parents of children with special needs had higher anxiety and lower life satisfaction than did parents of children without special needs. The former also had lower perceived social support, perceived controllability, and coping flexibility for childcare than did parents in the control group. Another aim of the current study was to identify factors for prediction of anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction. Status of having children with special needs predicted depression, but not anxiety and life satisfaction. Social support not only demonstrated a main effect on anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction, but also showed a buffering effect on coping flexibility for childcare in predicting anxiety and depression respectively. Social support moderated the relation between controllability and life satisfaction as well. The results in this study guide us in designing suitable services for parents. / published_or_final_version / Clinical Psychology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Clinical Psychology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Counseling Psychology and Special Education, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

by Cheng Paul. / Includes questionnaire in Chinese. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-66). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vii / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 - --- INTRODUCTION / Local studies on Down syndrome --- p.4 / Coping and psychological distress --- p.5 / Coping and psychological distress in Chinese families with mentally retarded children --- p.11 / Psychological correlates of coping --- p.13 / "Relationship between optimism, self-mastery, coping and psychological distress" --- p.16 / Purpose of the study --- p.18 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 - --- METHOD / Subjects --- p.22 / Measures --- p.25 / Procedures --- p.30 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 - --- RESULTS / Group differences on coping --- p.31 / Factor analysis of the coping --- p.34 / "Internal consistency of LOT, SMS, & GHQ-30" --- p.37 / Inter-correlations among major variables for the three groups --- p.37 / Differences between mothers and fathers on the major variables --- p.39 / Prediction of psychological distress --- p.40 / Group differences on the major variables --- p.41 / Differences between mothers and fathers within a single family --- p.42 / Group differences on the major variables with family as the unit of analysis --- p.43 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 - --- DISCUSSION --- p.45 / REFERENCES --- p.60 / TABLES --- p.67 / FOOTNOTE --- p.83 / APPENDICES --- p.84

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Clinical Psychology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2005. / Advisers: Donald Wertlieb; Jayanthi Mistry. Submitted to the Dept. of Child Development. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-156). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1995. / A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of North Texas, May, 2008. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Research paper (M.A.) -- Cardinal Stritch College -- Milwaukee, 1980. / A research paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Education (Education of Mentally Handicapped). Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-39).