Article
Stewart-2022-Web version-Supporting-sleep-and-health-of-empl.pdf
Journal of Social Service Research
(2022)
Abstract
Employed parents of children with disabilities report higher than average levels of stress
compared to working parents of children with typical development, making them at risk for sleep
difficulties and physical health problems. Using secondary analysis of the 2016 National Study
of the Changing Workforce (NSCW), employed parents giving disability care were compared to
those providing typical care to determine how personal, family, and workplace resources affect
sleep and physical health problems. Significant differences were found between the two groups
on personal, family, and workplace characteristics, and their influence on sleep problems and
health problems differed. While organizational support was the strongest predictor of sleep
difficulties and physical health problems, job autonomy and coworker support moderated these
outcomes for employed parents of children with disabilities. Practice implications include
investing in the development of family supportive organizational cultures and targeted
interventions aimed at supporting employed parents with exceptional care demands.
Occupational social workers can assist with these efforts by ensuring that organizational health
promotion and prevention initiatives include targeted interventions.
Keywords
- Parenting children with disabilities,
- workplace supports,
- 2016 National Study of the Changing Workforce,
- sleep,
- physical health.
Disciplines
Publication Date
Winter January 4, 2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2021.2024935
Citation Information
Lisa M Stewart, Claudia Sellmaier, Ana Maria Brannan and Eileen M. Brennan. "Stewart-2022-Web version-Supporting-sleep-and-health-of-empl.pdf" Journal of Social Service Research Vol. 48 Iss. 2 (2022) p. 259 - 272 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lisa_stewart/29/
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