%0 Journal Article
%T Comportamento parental face ¨¤ Trissomia 21
%A Figueiredo
%A Sara
%A Pires
%A Ant¨®nio
%A Candeias
%A Marta
%A Miguel
%A Marta
%A Bettencourt
%A Joana
%A Cotrim
%A Lu¨ªsa
%J An¨¢lise Psicol¨®gica
%D 2008
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X the objective of this study consisted in building a theory about parental behaviour in mothers of down£¿s syndrome childs. the subjects were eighteen mothers with down£¿s syndrome childs aged between two and nine years old. this interviews were semi-structured and analysed according grounded theory method. in those mothers it can£¿t be found three majors concerns: development, future and discrimination felted or to be felt by their sons as a part of the society period. dealing with these concerns requires parents to develop strategies like: learn to live, seize the day, positive discrimination, minimize the situation, preparing the rest of the brothers, building self confidence and self-esteem of the child, value the child and his positive characteristics.
%K child
%K mother
%K parent behaviour
%K down syndrome
%K grounded theory.
%U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0870-82312008000200016&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en