title: Associations between caregiving, social support, and well-being among parents of children with childhood apraxia of speech.
abstract: This study tested a path model that examined the impact of contextual caregiving variables (i.e., severity of child's symptoms, caregiving demands, and perceived caregiving) and different forms of received romantic partner social support (i.e., emotional, esteem, network, tangible, and information) on depressive and somatic symptoms among parents with a child diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a severe childhood speech disorder. In total, 169 parents of a child with CAS participated in this study. Results provide some support for one stress process model of caregiving, which further highlights the need to look at relational variables as mediators between contextual stressors and health outcomes in caregiving contexts.
authors.affiliation: Communication Studies Department Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 61201, USA. lisafarinelli@augustana.edu
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Farinelli Allen
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Babin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001072:Apraxias / Q000451:nursing*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult