Psychological well-being of fathers with and without a child with intellectual disability: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have explored the well-being of fathers of children with intellectual disability (ID), despite the significant role that they play in their children's lives. The current study compared fathers of children with and without a child with ID on measures of psychological well-being (life satisfaction, work-family balance and general health) and dimensions of parenting (parenting self-efficacy and parent-child closeness) and then examined whether the presence of a child with ID in the family was a significant predictor of paternal well-being when controlling for a number of father (age, education, employment and residency), child (ID status, gender, behavioural and emotional problems) and family (income poverty and number of children in the household) variables.

SUBMITTER: Langley E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317393 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature