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ela Golubović, Jasna Maksimović, Jovana Uzelac, and Sandra Glamočak
complicated or impossible. Similarly, parents can be concerned about the
safety of their child in the park or at the playground and whether other chil-
dren relate to their child friendly or in a brutal manner (McConnell et al. 2014;
Hrnjica 2011). All this affects the quality of family life as it requires additional
engagement and development of new parental skills that are not involved
in the corpus of standard competences related to the parentage of a typical
child.
Difficulties the child has in physical behaviour (uncontrollable, inappropri-
ate and non-directional movements) at the age of up to 4, may be related to
the lag in physical and/or mental development (Mitić 2011) and could lead
to reduced participation in active games or physical activity, which also con-
siderably undermines the dynamics of family relationships. The research of
Mainmer et al. (2007) shows that physical functioning as an indicator of the
quality of life is closely related to the type and severity of a disorder that is
present in a child. The results show that children with diagnosed cerebral
palsy have the worst scores in this domain (Maimner et al. 2007; Milićev and
Nedović 2017; Waters et al. 2005). In other studies, we find somewhat different
results, thus according to the research of Škrbić et al. (2011), which included
children with hearing disorders, their quality of life was equally impaired in
all domains (Škrbić et al. 2011).
Within the domain of functioning of a child in a kindergarten, parents in-
dicate that children with developmental disabilities also have significantly
more problems than their typical peers (they do not perform the same ac-
tivities in kindergarten as their peers; they are absent from the kindergarten
due to going to a doctor or hospital, etc.). The demands placed on the fam-
ily in this domain are not small, they can greatly undermine and jeopardize
its functioning (Mitić 2011) since parents are often deprived of the pre-school
institution services due to evident problems their child has. Findings from
some studies (Davis and Gavidia-Payne 2009; McConnell et al. 2014) show
that the quality of family life is related to the availability of educational and
culturally relevant resources rather than internal, individual or family factors.
Regarding the quality of family life, strengthening social relationships and
improving financial issues might be more important than modification of the
child’s behaviour.
Conclusion
The research we conducted in order to determine whether the presence of
a disability in a child affects the quality of life of its family is based on two
hypotheses. The first, which refers to the fact that the quality of life of fami-
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complicated or impossible. Similarly, parents can be concerned about the
safety of their child in the park or at the playground and whether other chil-
dren relate to their child friendly or in a brutal manner (McConnell et al. 2014;
Hrnjica 2011). All this affects the quality of family life as it requires additional
engagement and development of new parental skills that are not involved
in the corpus of standard competences related to the parentage of a typical
child.
Difficulties the child has in physical behaviour (uncontrollable, inappropri-
ate and non-directional movements) at the age of up to 4, may be related to
the lag in physical and/or mental development (Mitić 2011) and could lead
to reduced participation in active games or physical activity, which also con-
siderably undermines the dynamics of family relationships. The research of
Mainmer et al. (2007) shows that physical functioning as an indicator of the
quality of life is closely related to the type and severity of a disorder that is
present in a child. The results show that children with diagnosed cerebral
palsy have the worst scores in this domain (Maimner et al. 2007; Milićev and
Nedović 2017; Waters et al. 2005). In other studies, we find somewhat different
results, thus according to the research of Škrbić et al. (2011), which included
children with hearing disorders, their quality of life was equally impaired in
all domains (Škrbić et al. 2011).
Within the domain of functioning of a child in a kindergarten, parents in-
dicate that children with developmental disabilities also have significantly
more problems than their typical peers (they do not perform the same ac-
tivities in kindergarten as their peers; they are absent from the kindergarten
due to going to a doctor or hospital, etc.). The demands placed on the fam-
ily in this domain are not small, they can greatly undermine and jeopardize
its functioning (Mitić 2011) since parents are often deprived of the pre-school
institution services due to evident problems their child has. Findings from
some studies (Davis and Gavidia-Payne 2009; McConnell et al. 2014) show
that the quality of family life is related to the availability of educational and
culturally relevant resources rather than internal, individual or family factors.
Regarding the quality of family life, strengthening social relationships and
improving financial issues might be more important than modification of the
child’s behaviour.
Conclusion
The research we conducted in order to determine whether the presence of
a disability in a child affects the quality of life of its family is based on two
hypotheses. The first, which refers to the fact that the quality of life of fami-
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