Thought, consideration and future planning for out-of-home placement among parental caregivers of dependent adult children with psychiatric disabilities.
Israeli parents caring for their adult children with psychiatric disabilities (n = 89) were studied with regard to their thoughts, considerations and future planning for out-of-home placement. These placement variables were examined as a function of their age, emotional stress (marital, parental and domestic), cognitive appraisal, social support and self-esteem. Major findings show that parental stress (low) was correlated with thought and consideration regarding out-of-home placement, whereas marital stress (low) was associated with future planning. A regression analysis found that parental thought and consideration regarding placement was predicted by low marital stress, whereas future planning was also predicted by high parental cognitive appraisal.
D000328:Adult; D032721:Adult Children; D001290:Attitude; D017028:Caregivers; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological