Entitlement, Hope, and Life Satisfaction Among Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities.

Entitlement, Hope, and Life Satisfaction Among Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Jan 04;:
Authors: George-Levi S, Laslo-Roth R
Abstract
The interplay between sense of entitlement and hope might have a unique contribution to mothers of children with developmental disabilities (DD) life satisfaction. Seventy-three mothers of children with DD and 47 mothers of children without DD participated in the study. Mothers of children with DD (vs. without DD) experienced low levels of life satisfaction and high levels of entitlement. The relationship between being a mother of children with DD and life satisfaction was mediated by the interaction between sense of entitlement and hope. Higher entitlement was negatively related to life satisfaction when mothers' hope was low and positively related to life satisfaction when mothers' hope was high. Entitlement can act as a resource for life satisfaction, depending on hope levels.
PMID: 33394244 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - January 4, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: George-Levi S, Laslo-Roth R Tags: J Autism Dev Disord Source Type: research