HOME ENVIRONMENTS OF MOTHERS WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION

Authors
Citation
B. Keltner, HOME ENVIRONMENTS OF MOTHERS WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION, MENTAL RETA, 32(2), 1994, pp. 123-127
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation,"Education, Special
Journal title
ISSN journal
00476765
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
123 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-6765(1994)32:2<123:HEOMWM>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A prospective study of 38 mothers with IQs less than 75 and 27 mothers with IQs over 85 who were also low income was conducted. This study w as designed to distinguish between children's developmental risk assoc iated with maternal disability and risk related primarily to poverty. Findings from administration of the HOME inventory showed that mothers with intellectual limitations had significantly lower scores, indicat ing greater developmental risk for their children due to environmental deprivation. Most of the variance between groups was found on the int eraction subscale. This suggests that strategies focused on interactio n will be beneficial in assisting mothers with intellectual limitation s in raising their children.