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Article: The maintenance effect of cognitive-behavioural treatment groups for the Chinese parents of children with intellectual disabilities in Melbourne, Australia: A 6-month follow-up study
Title | The maintenance effect of cognitive-behavioural treatment groups for the Chinese parents of children with intellectual disabilities in Melbourne, Australia: A 6-month follow-up study |
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Keywords | Children with intellectual disabilities Chinese parents Group treatment Longer-term maintenance effect of CBT Mental health Parenting stress |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0964-2633 |
Citation | Journal Of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011, v. 55 n. 11, p. 1043-1053 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background Caring for a child with intellectual disability can be stressful. No data on the longer-term effects of cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) on parents from a Chinese-speaking background who have children with intellectual disabilities are available in the literature. This study attempted to fill this research gap by examining the maintenance effect of CBT among the Chinese parents of such children in Melbourne, Australia. Method Thirty-nine participants took part in our CBT groups and attended follow-up meetings. A questionnaire comprising four instruments, the Parenting Stress Index (PS) - Parent Domain, General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), Abbreviated Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q-18) and Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS), was administered to the participants at the pre- and post-test stage and at the 6-month follow-up. Results One-way repeated-measures analyses of variance revealed significant time and group effects in the PS (F 2,27=16.93, P<0.001), Q-LES-Q-18 (F 2,27=15.98, P<0.001), GHQ-12 (F 2,27=81.93, P<0.001) and DAS (F 2,27=15.50, P<0.001) scores at the three measurement times. The participants continued to maintain significant improvements in mental health and quality of life and declines in the severity of parenting stress and dysfunctional attitudes at the 6-month follow-up. Effect size analyses revealed mostly large differences in the foregoing measurements (Cohen's d=0.76-2.18) between the pre-test and 6-month follow-up. Employing a cut-off score of 3/4 in the GHQ-12 to identify at-risk and not-at-risk cases, approximately 90.5% of the participants could be classified as not-at-risk at the follow-up. Lastly, regression analyses showed that changes in DAS scores significantly predicted changes in the GHQ-12 and Q-LES-Q-18 scores at the follow-up. Conclusions This study provides preliminary evidence of the 6-month maintenance effect of CBT groups for the Melbourne-resident Chinese parents of children with intellectual disabilities. © 2011 The Authors. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/172269 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.936 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, DFK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Poon, A | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kwok, YCL | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-30T06:21:04Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-30T06:21:04Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal Of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011, v. 55 n. 11, p. 1043-1053 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0964-2633 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/172269 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background Caring for a child with intellectual disability can be stressful. No data on the longer-term effects of cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) on parents from a Chinese-speaking background who have children with intellectual disabilities are available in the literature. This study attempted to fill this research gap by examining the maintenance effect of CBT among the Chinese parents of such children in Melbourne, Australia. Method Thirty-nine participants took part in our CBT groups and attended follow-up meetings. A questionnaire comprising four instruments, the Parenting Stress Index (PS) - Parent Domain, General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), Abbreviated Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q-18) and Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS), was administered to the participants at the pre- and post-test stage and at the 6-month follow-up. Results One-way repeated-measures analyses of variance revealed significant time and group effects in the PS (F 2,27=16.93, P<0.001), Q-LES-Q-18 (F 2,27=15.98, P<0.001), GHQ-12 (F 2,27=81.93, P<0.001) and DAS (F 2,27=15.50, P<0.001) scores at the three measurement times. The participants continued to maintain significant improvements in mental health and quality of life and declines in the severity of parenting stress and dysfunctional attitudes at the 6-month follow-up. Effect size analyses revealed mostly large differences in the foregoing measurements (Cohen's d=0.76-2.18) between the pre-test and 6-month follow-up. Employing a cut-off score of 3/4 in the GHQ-12 to identify at-risk and not-at-risk cases, approximately 90.5% of the participants could be classified as not-at-risk at the follow-up. Lastly, regression analyses showed that changes in DAS scores significantly predicted changes in the GHQ-12 and Q-LES-Q-18 scores at the follow-up. Conclusions This study provides preliminary evidence of the 6-month maintenance effect of CBT groups for the Melbourne-resident Chinese parents of children with intellectual disabilities. © 2011 The Authors. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0964-2633 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Intellectual Disability Research | en_US |
dc.subject | Children with intellectual disabilities | - |
dc.subject | Chinese parents | - |
dc.subject | Group treatment | - |
dc.subject | Longer-term maintenance effect of CBT | - |
dc.subject | Mental health | - |
dc.subject | Parenting stress | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Adult | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Asian Continental Ancestry Group - Psychology - Statistics & Numerical Data | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Australia - Epidemiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Cognitive Therapy - Methods - Statistics & Numerical Data | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Evidence-Based Practice | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Family Health | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Follow-Up Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Intellectual Disability - Ethnology - Psychology - Therapy | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Mental Health | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Middle Aged | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Parents - Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Quality Of Life | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Questionnaires | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Risk Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Stress, Psychological - Ethnology - Psychology | en_US |
dc.title | The maintenance effect of cognitive-behavioural treatment groups for the Chinese parents of children with intellectual disabilities in Melbourne, Australia: A 6-month follow-up study | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, DFK: dfkwong@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, DFK=rp00593 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01431.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 21668803 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-80054933588 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 256235 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-80054933588&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 55 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 11 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 1043 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 1053 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000297022900004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wong, DFK=35231716600 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Poon, A=33068355500 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Kwok, YCL=54389347700 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0964-2633 | - |