Refugee caregivers: Associations between psychosocial wellbeing and parenting in Uganda.
caregiving
humanitarian
mental health and wellbeing
parenting
refugee
Journal
Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress
ISSN: 1532-2998
Titre abrégé: Stress Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101089166
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
revised:
10
02
2023
received:
06
10
2022
accepted:
13
02
2023
medline:
7
12
2023
pubmed:
23
2
2023
entrez:
22
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Caregivers in humanitarian settings experience compounding stressors that may challenge their ability to provide quality parenting to children in their care. In recognition of this precarity, our analysis examines the linkage between psychosocial wellbeing and parenting behaviours among caregivers in Kiryandongo Settlement, Uganda. Using baseline data from an evaluation of a psychosocial intervention designed to support caregiver wellbeing and engage caregivers to support children in their communities, multi-variable ordinary least square regressions were used to estimate how various measures of psychosocial wellbeing (i.e. psychological distress, social support, and functioning) and parenting attitudes (related to violence against children) are associated with parental warmth and rejection. Profound livelihood challenges were found, as nearly half of the sample (48.20%) indicated cash from INGOs as their income source and/or reported never attending school (46.71%). Increased social support (coef. 0.11; 95% CIs: 0.08-0.15) and positive attitudes (coef. 0.21; 95% CIs: 0.14-0.29) were significantly associated with more desirable parental warmth/affection. Similarly, positive attitudes (coef. 0.16; 95% CIs 0.11-0.20), reduced distress (coef. 0.11; 95% CIs: 0.08-0.14) and increased functioning (coef. 0.03; 95% CIs: 0.01-0.04) were significantly associated with more desirable scores of parental undifferentiated rejection. While further research is needed to examine underlining mechanisms and causal pathways, our findings both link individual wellbeing characteristics with parenting behaviours and suggest further exploration into whether and how broader elements of the ecosystem may influence parenting outcomes.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1014-1025Subventions
Organisme : United States Agency for International Development
Informations de copyright
© 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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