Empowerment Practice in Families Whose Child Has a Developmental Disability in the Serbian Context
Abstract
PurposeTo evaluate the extent to which families of children with developmental disabilities, in relation to parents of typically developing children, feel empowered and the way that their empowerment manifests itself.Design and methodsThe comparative research design was used in a quantitative, descriptive analysis of 99 families (57.6% were parents of children with developmental disabilities and 42.4% were parents of typically developing children). With regard to the research instrument, the Family Empowerment Scale was used based on a conceptual framework consisting of two dimensions: the level of empowerment and the way it is expressed. Results: The highest levels of parental empowerment were observed in the Family domain (M = 3.9; SD = 0.6), while the lowest were in the Community domain (M = 2.9, SD = 0.9). The statistical differences between the comparing groups of parents were most pronounced in the Family domain (Mann-Whitney U = 693.00, p = 0.00). Parents of children with develo...pmental disabilities have demonstrated a lower level of family empowerment associated with attitudes, as well as behaviours and knowledge about specific ways in which they can help their child.ConclusionBased on data obtained from this study, it can be concluded that parents of children with developmental disabilities require extra support and empowerment in order to take a more active part in working with their child and making decisions relevant to his/her development in order to utilize all community – based resources available.
Keywords:
Attitudes / Community/political / Empowerment / Family / Knowledge / Service system / Attitudes / Community/political / Empowerment / Family / Knowledge / Service system / Family / Attitudes / Community / politicalSource:
Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2021, 57, e15-e22Publisher:
- Elsevier Science Inc, New York
Note:
- peer‐reviewed version of the article:http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3741
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2020.09.010
ISSN: 0882-5963
WoS: 000631857400003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85091506672
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088259632030600Xhttp://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3792
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rFASPERTY - JOUR AU - Golubović, Špela AU - Milutinović, Dragana AU - Ilić, Snežana AU - Đorđević, Mirjana PY - 2021 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088259632030600X UR - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3792 AB - PurposeTo evaluate the extent to which families of children with developmental disabilities, in relation to parents of typically developing children, feel empowered and the way that their empowerment manifests itself.Design and methodsThe comparative research design was used in a quantitative, descriptive analysis of 99 families (57.6% were parents of children with developmental disabilities and 42.4% were parents of typically developing children). With regard to the research instrument, the Family Empowerment Scale was used based on a conceptual framework consisting of two dimensions: the level of empowerment and the way it is expressed. Results: The highest levels of parental empowerment were observed in the Family domain (M = 3.9; SD = 0.6), while the lowest were in the Community domain (M = 2.9, SD = 0.9). The statistical differences between the comparing groups of parents were most pronounced in the Family domain (Mann-Whitney U = 693.00, p = 0.00). Parents of children with developmental disabilities have demonstrated a lower level of family empowerment associated with attitudes, as well as behaviours and knowledge about specific ways in which they can help their child.ConclusionBased on data obtained from this study, it can be concluded that parents of children with developmental disabilities require extra support and empowerment in order to take a more active part in working with their child and making decisions relevant to his/her development in order to utilize all community – based resources available. PB - Elsevier Science Inc, New York T2 - Journal of Pediatric Nursing T1 - Empowerment Practice in Families Whose Child Has a Developmental Disability in the Serbian Context EP - e22 SP - e15 VL - 57 DO - 10.1016/j.pedn.2020.09.010 ER -
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Golubović, Š., Milutinović, D., Ilić, S.,& Đorđević, M.. (2021). Empowerment Practice in Families Whose Child Has a Developmental Disability in the Serbian Context. in Journal of Pediatric Nursing Elsevier Science Inc, New York., 57, e15-e22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2020.09.010
Golubović Š, Milutinović D, Ilić S, Đorđević M. Empowerment Practice in Families Whose Child Has a Developmental Disability in the Serbian Context. in Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 2021;57:e15-e22. doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2020.09.010 .
Golubović, Špela, Milutinović, Dragana, Ilić, Snežana, Đorđević, Mirjana, "Empowerment Practice in Families Whose Child Has a Developmental Disability in the Serbian Context" in Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 57 (2021):e15-e22, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2020.09.010 . .