title: Arab mothers' involvement with their offspring with severe intellectual disabilities after placement in institutional care.
abstract: This study examines the cognitive-behavioral and emotional involvement among 81 Israeli Arab mothers after placement of their offspring with severe intellectual disabilities in institutional care, with respect to mothers' and offspring's background data and measures of divisional roles in the Arab family. Core findings indicate that the most important predictors of maternal cognitive and behavioral involvement are the existence of psychiatric disability in addition to intellectual disability, and the offspring's duration of stay in institutional care. These predictors were poorer in explaining maternal emotional involvement. Findings are interpreted with respect to social work research and practice with Israeli Arab families.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Araten-Bergman
authors.forename: Hala
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mashraki
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rimmerman
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors