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The Double ABCX model of family stress and coping was evaluated using path analysis to determine the causal ordering of variables in 86 families raising children with mental retardation. The families' use of resources (B) and their perception of the stressor event (C) were examined to determine their relation to the stressor (A) and the stress experiences (X). The causal ordering of the model suggested an ACBX relation rather than an ABCX relation. Results were discussed in terms of the consistency of these findings with two models of clinical intervention.
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PMID:Coping with stress in families with children who have mental retardation: an evaluation of the double ABCX model. 200 14

A theoretical model of permanency planning based on the double ABCX model of family stress and adaptation (McCubbin & Patterson, 1982) was tested using structural equation modeling. We interviewed 235 mothers, ages 58 to 96, who cared for adult offspring with mental retardation at home. Four variables were confirmed to directly influence their stage of planning: use of services for offspring, non-use of avoidance coping, the self-perception of being adversely affected by age-related changes, and help from offspring without mental retardation. Variables found to affect planning indirectly were perceived need for services, mothers' subjective burden, extent of caregiving tasks, offsprings' disability, and mothers' disability.
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PMID:Elderly mothers caring at home for offspring with mental retardation: a model of permanency planning. 777 44