Email Phone
Sunshine & Smiles

Research - Family caregivers for an adult or child who has Down syndrome

Kate Barnes (Trainee Clinical Psychologist) and a research team at the University of Edinburgh are doing a research study on wellbeing, stress and coping in people who are family caregivers to children or adults with an intellectual disability (learning disability).

The purpose of the study is to understand the role and relative strength of the construct of psychological flexibility, in relation to different aspects of being a family caregiver for someone with a learning disability, including stress, social support, and coping.

The research will take 30-40 minutes of your time to complete some questionnaires.

To find out more or take part, please visit the study website here: https://edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9sLBc2SS6ystsQC  or drop Kate an email on K.E.Barnes@sms.ed.ac.uk

More news articles

Request for details for our database

11th May 2026

Sarah and Ania from the Sunshine & Smiles Education Team are creating a list of contact details for the settings attended by our children and young people.

Read more...

Thank you to our Leeds marathon runners & supporters

11th May 2026

We want to say a huge congratulations and thank you, to those who ran the Rob Burrows Leeds Marathon and half marathon on Sunday, raising money for Sunshine and Smiles.

Read more...

Last week to respond to the SEND reforms consultation

11th May 2026

There is only one week to go until the Government’s SEND Reforms consultation closes, on 18th May.

Read more...

Sign up to our newsletter

Sunshine & Smiles will ensure your personal details are held securely to enable us to contact you moving forwards in line with our privacy notice.
We will never share them with anyone else. If you'd like to stop receiving our emails, please just contact us.