Abstract
The Brazilian Association of Cerebral Palsy defines Cerebral Palsy (CP) as a group of disorders of development and posture, which cause limitations in an individual activity. The birth of a child with CP generates an impact, which brings a new reality for the family, mainly parents and others caregivers. The goal of the present work was to describe coparenting relationships in parents of children with CP, comparing between main and secondary caregivers, and still, the relationship between coparenting pair. Data was obtained from 12 coparenting pairs (24 individuals) caregivers of children with CP. Were used the instruments: Coparenting Questionnaire (COPQ), to evaluate the coparenting relationships, Socio Demographic Inventory (SDI), to describe information about the main and secondary caregivers and the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) for to measure the children’s gross motor function. The data was treated through the software SPSS (version 20.0), the statistic calculated was frequency, descriptive, and still, a parameter of scores was fixed for the classification of coparentality factors (cooperation, triangulation and conflict). The results indicated that secondary caregivers exhibited higher average in the factors of analysis of cooperation and triangulation (21 and 5,2). The mainly caregivers indicated the bigger average in conflict factor, (11, 3). In general, the coparenting pairs exhibited high cooperation (19-25 points), high triangulation (4-8 points) and low conflict (5-11 points). The establishment of a good coparenting relationship, expressed in the mutual support and commitment of the dyads is fundamental for the family functioning and for the child’s global welfare.
Highlights
The Brazilian Association of Cerebral Palsy defines Cerebral Palsy (CP) as a group of disorders of development and posture, which cause limitations in an individual activity
Regarding the main caregivers 83,3% of these were biological mothers of the children and 16,6% foster mother and step mothers, with ages between 23 to 43 years old. 33,3% of the mothers studied until high school, without completing it and had as occupation, in 75% of the cases, the function of performing domestic tasks in the own house, named as “home”
Regarding the motor impairment obtained by the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), the most frequent level found between the children was Level 5, characterized by severe impairment of the motor locomotion
Summary
The Brazilian Association of Cerebral Palsy defines Cerebral Palsy (CP) as a group of disorders of development and posture, which cause limitations in an individual activity. The establishment of a good coparenting relationship, expressed in the mutual support and commitment of the dyads is fundamental for the family functioning and for the child’s global welfare The Associação Brasileira de Paralisia Cerebral (ABPC) (Brazilian Association of Cerebral Palsy) defines CP as a group of disorders of development and posture, which cause limitations in an individual’s activities (ABPC, 2015). They are considered as non-progressive disorders that happen to the brain in development, being in several cases, followed by sensory, perceptual, cognitive, communicational and behavioral alterations, being sometimes followed by convulsive crises. This classification does not take in account the etiology or the pathology of a problem, but it characterizes the type of motor damage present and summarizes the findings in terms of motor and topographical characteristics if the damages and the clinical manifestations of the impairment (Gianni, 2003; Mancini et al, 2004)
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