Direct, Indirect, and Buffering Effect of Social Support on Parental Involvement Among Chinese Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Yan, Tingrui; Hou, Yujia; Deng, Meng

doi:10.1007/s10803-021-05170-x

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“…Additionally, participants mentioned that the emotional support they received from their partners and other relatives, and the empathic support from like-minded parents, changed their psychological state and participating behavior in different ways. These findings provide fresh support to the conclusion in a quantitative study that various sources of social support have different effects on parental involvement (Yan et al, 2022 ).…”

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A Qualitative Study on Parental Experience of Involvement in the Transition from Kindergarten to Primary School for Chinese Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Hou

Yan

Deng

2022

J Autism Dev Disord

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Parental involvement plays a vital role in the transition from kindergarten to primary school among children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs); this study aims to explore Chinese parents’ experiences of parental involvement during this period. Informed by interpretive phenomenological analysis, semi-structured, one-on-one interviews were held with 10 parents. Three major themes were identified: (1) “aggressive” involvement; (2) factors in transforming parental involvement; and (3) “rational” involvement. Participants reported their perceptions, attitudes, and parenting behaviors in different phases of involvement in the transition to primary school. These findings highlight the need to support parents of children with IDDs during this time of change.

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A Qualitative Study on Parental Experience of Involvement in the Transition from Kindergarten to Primary School for Chinese Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Hou

Yan

Deng

2022

J Autism Dev Disord

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“…Perceived social support has been found associated with numerous outcomes (e.g., personal adjustment, mental and physical health), while received social support shows fewer predictive associations and smaller effect sizes (Haber et al., 2007 ; Helgeson, 1993 ; Prati & Pietrantoni, 2010 ). A plethora of research has demonstrated that different sources of perceived social support buffered the impact of stressful experiences, such as economic pressure, parental depressive symptoms, and parenting stress on parenting behaviors (e.g., Lee et al., 2009 ; Leinonen et al., 2003 ; Taraban et al., 2019 ; Yan et al., 2021 ). In the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic, greater parental perceived levels of social support were associated with lower perceived stress and child abuse potential (Brown et al., 2020 ).…”

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Mother‐infant emotional availability through the COVID‐19 pandemic: Examining continuity, stability, and bidirectional associations

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Doron

Gordon-Hacker

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The COVID‐19 pandemic may impact the development of infants' social communication patterns with their caregivers. The current study examined continuity, stability, and bidirectional associations in maternal and infant dyadic Emotional Availability (EA) before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Participants were 110 Israeli mother‐infant dyads (51% girls) that were assessed prior to ( M age = 3.5 months) and during ( M age = 12.4 months) the pandemic. At both time points, mother‐infant interactions were observed during play (nonstressful context) and tasks designed to elicit infant frustration (stressful context). Maternal and child EA were coded offline. Maternal EA demonstrated no significant mean‐level changes from before to during the COVID‐19 pandemic, whereas infant responsiveness and involvement increased over time. Stability and bidirectional associations in EA differed by context and were evident only in the stressful context. Mothers' perceived levels of social support further moderated these associations. Specifically, infants' pre‐pandemic responsiveness and involvement predicted maternal EA during the pandemic only when mothers reported low levels of social support. Our findings suggest that maternal and child EA were not adversely impacted by the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, patterns of EA demonstrated moderate‐to‐no stability over time, suggesting considerable individual differences in trajectories of EA.

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“…Parental involvement with children with autism covers a wide range of areas, including participating in the child's development, learning, and treatment and actively interacting with teachers and physicians ( 45 , 46 ). Increasingly, parents of children with autism are becoming involved in their child's activities and interventions, participating in homework tutoring, parent training, and the design and implementation of intervention processes ( 29 , 47 – 49 ). In this process, it is possible to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the effectiveness of engagement behaviors and thus better design and implement them when considering family outcomes, using FQOL as an indicator ( 50 , 51 ).…”

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Parents' pandemic stress, parental involvement, and family quality of life for children with autism

Cheng

Liu

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundResearch has shown that parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suffered high levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and faced poor family quality of life (FQOL). However, little is known about the inherent dynamic interaction between pandemic stress and FQOL, especially in the Chinese cultural context.AimsThis study provides preliminary evidence by examining the relationships among pandemic stress, parental involvement, and FQOL for children with autism in mainland China.MethodA total of 709 parents of children with autism completed measures of FQOL, parental involvement, and pandemic stress. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the interrelations among these variables.ResultsPandemic stress has direct effect and indirect effect mediated by parental involvement on FQOL. Two dimensions of pandemic stress had a direct effect on FQOL (β1 = 0.11; β2 = −0.55) and three dimensions had an indirect effect on FQOL through parental involvement (β1 = −0.097; β2 = 0.257; β3 = 0.114).ConclusionStress related to the COVID-19 pandemic affects family quality of life for children with autism in complex ways. Policies may be developed to enhance parental pragmatic hopefulness in the anti-epidemic victory and alleviate negative physical and mental reactions caused by the pandemic.

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Direct, Indirect, and Buffering Effect of Social Support on Parental Involvement Among Chinese Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Cited by 20 publications

References 59 publications

A Qualitative Study on Parental Experience of Involvement in the Transition from Kindergarten to Primary School for Chinese Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

A Qualitative Study on Parental Experience of Involvement in the Transition from Kindergarten to Primary School for Chinese Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Mother‐infant emotional availability through the COVID‐19 pandemic: Examining continuity, stability, and bidirectional associations

Parents' pandemic stress, parental involvement, and family quality of life for children with autism

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