TY - JOUR
T1 - Mothers and Fathers Facing Their Children’s Phenylketonuria
AU - Ionio, Chiara
AU - Salvatici, Elisabetta
AU - Confalonieri, Emanuela
AU - Milani, Luca
AU - Mascheroni, Eleonora
AU - Riva, Enrica
AU - Giovannini, Marcello
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The aim of this study is to understand the impact of children’s Phenylketonuria (PKU) on mothers and fathers and to assess the mutual influence of the psychological functioning of one parent on the other. Thirty-three mothers and thirty-three fathers of PKU-affected children and 43 mothers and 43 fathers of non-PKU-affected children were involved. All of the parents filled out the Los Angeles Symptoms Checklist, the Profile of Mood Scale, the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, and the Coping Health Inventory for Parents. We performed parametric intergroup analysis and multiple regressions. Results pointed out that there is a link between maternal stress and maternal negative states of mind, trauma-related symptoms, and paternal coping strategies. As regard fathers, there is a link between paternal stress and maternal trauma-related symptoms. Our findings suggest it will be important to better investigate the role played by paternal response in supporting mothers of a chronically ill child, since they confirm the importance of taking into account the points of view of both mothers and fathers and their mutual influences in responding to PKU diagnosis.
AB - The aim of this study is to understand the impact of children’s Phenylketonuria (PKU) on mothers and fathers and to assess the mutual influence of the psychological functioning of one parent on the other. Thirty-three mothers and thirty-three fathers of PKU-affected children and 43 mothers and 43 fathers of non-PKU-affected children were involved. All of the parents filled out the Los Angeles Symptoms Checklist, the Profile of Mood Scale, the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, and the Coping Health Inventory for Parents. We performed parametric intergroup analysis and multiple regressions. Results pointed out that there is a link between maternal stress and maternal negative states of mind, trauma-related symptoms, and paternal coping strategies. As regard fathers, there is a link between paternal stress and maternal trauma-related symptoms. Our findings suggest it will be important to better investigate the role played by paternal response in supporting mothers of a chronically ill child, since they confirm the importance of taking into account the points of view of both mothers and fathers and their mutual influences in responding to PKU diagnosis.
KW - Parental coping
KW - parental mood disturbances
KW - parental stress
KW - phenylketonuria-affected children
KW - Parental coping
KW - parental mood disturbances
KW - parental stress
KW - phenylketonuria-affected children
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/95514
U2 - 10.1080/02739615.2016.1275643
DO - 10.1080/02739615.2016.1275643
M3 - Article
SN - 0273-9615
VL - 2018
SP - 83
EP - 100
JO - Children's Health Care
JF - Children's Health Care
ER -