A qualitative analysis of mothers’ childrearing behaviour towards their disabled child
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Participants
Data were gathered from French-speaking mothers with a disabled child in the three to six age range. The children came from the French-speaking part of Belgium and were regularly counselled by an early intervention team (Services d’Aide Précoce2
Disability-related differences
The mean score of autonomy (M = 3.81, S.D. = 0.55) was higher in the subsample of children with sensory disability (M = 4.04, S.D. = 0.53) than in the subsample of children with multiple disability (M = 3.70, S.D. = 0.47) and in the subsample of those with mental disability (M = 3.75, S.D. = 0.60), but the analysis of variance mean score of autonomy (dependant variable) × child's disability (3) indicated no significant effects.
However, the mothers’ CRB were differentially distributed across the eight categories
Discussion
The first objective aimed at qualifying the mothers’ CRB based on reports, by means of a bipolar axis coerciveness versus inductiveness, is reflected in the results. Correlations between the eight categories as well as the distribution of data support the theoretical relevance of the bipolar axis. Furthermore, the analyses on complex sequences based on successive and combined categories of CRBs revealed that sequences were not equally frequent in the mothers’ interviews. Sequences from C and D
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