Parenting stress and autism: The role of age, autism severity, quality of life and problem behaviour of children and adolescents with autism

McStay, Rebecca L.; Dissanayake, Cheryl; Scheeren, Anke M.; Koot, Hans M.; Begeer, Sander

doi:10.1177/1362361313485163

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“…In both groups the majority of the participants presented medium level of stress. These results agree with a prior research (20) that concluded that the verbal ability doesn't have any influence in the parents' stress level.…”

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confidence: 92%

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Correlação entre a oralidade de crianças com distúrbios do espectro do autismo e o nível de estresse de seus pais

Segeren

Fernandes

2016

Audiol., Commun. Res.

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RESUMO Objetivo Investigar o nível de estresse de pais de crianças com autismo, verificando sua associação com a ausência de oralidade na comunicação de seus filhos. Métodos Participaram pais de 175 crianças, que foram divididos em três grupos (pais de crianças com DEA com e sem comunicação verbal e pais de crianças sem queixas no desenvolvimento) e responderam ao questionário de nível de estresse. Resultados A maioria dos pais dos três grupos apresentou médio nível de estresse e não houve diferença significativa entre os pais de crianças com autismo, com e sem comunicação verbal. Quando os pais de crianças com autismo foram comparados aos pais do grupo controle, foi verificada diferença significativa. Conclusão O nível de estresse de pais de crianças com autismo não é influenciado pela ausência de oralidade na comunicação de seus filhos.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…The hypothesis that parents of children with ASD have higher levels of stress than parents of children with typical development was confirmed also by another study (20) . The authors couldn't associate the stress levels to variables such as age of the child, communication ability or severity of the symptoms.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 59%

Correlação entre a oralidade de crianças com distúrbios do espectro do autismo e o nível de estresse de seus pais

Segeren

Fernandes

2016

Audiol., Commun. Res.

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“…Other research concluded that the stigma is reinforced by society and its effects are nor easily overcome (McStay et al, 2013;Rivard, Terroux, Parent-Boursier, & Mercier, 2014). The family's social relations are damaged, and the members go through a period of stress usually generated by the low acceptance of autistic behaviors by society and by other family members, as well as lack of social support (McStay et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The family's social relations are damaged, and the members go through a period of stress usually generated by the low acceptance of autistic behaviors by society and by other family members, as well as lack of social support (McStay et al, 2013). This means that the lack of social support and stigma are aspects with which families have necessarily to cope.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relations between the Perception of Communication Difficulties, Stress Levels and Behavior of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Balestro¹,

Amato²,

Sugawara³

et al. 2016

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The way that children are perceived by their families interferes with their experiences in society demanding that the parents' perspectives are taken into account. The aim of this study was to identify the association among the autism symptoms reported by the parents of children with ASD, their perception of communication difficulties and the stress level reported by them. Participants were the parents of 19 children with ASD. They answered three questionnaires: the Autism Behavior Checklist, one questionnaire about their difficulties in communicating with their child and another about their stress level. Each domain of each questionnaire was correlated with all items of the other two. The results indicated that there was no association among the answers. These results suggest what parents of children with ASD perceive as difficulties when communicating with their child and their stress level is not associated with the severity of the symptoms they identify in their child. The parents' perceptions about subjective issues of life reflect on how they cope with the specific needs of their children.

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“…enerally, when a child is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, many tensions may have stepped into the realm of the family [1,2]. The family with a child who is clearly different from other children experiences a wave of fear and confusion and seeks psychiatric or counseling care to find the reason behind their child's difference.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determining the Effectiveness of a Modulated Parenting Skills Program on Reducing Autistic Symptoms in Children and Improvement of Parental Adjustment

Rezaee

Younesi

Farahbod

et al. 2018

IRJ

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Objectives: This study aimed to develop a modulated program of parenting skills and to evaluate its effectiveness in reducing autistic symptoms and increasing parental adjustment.Methods: This quasi-experimental study utilized in two phases, a pretest-posttest design and a control group. First, a treatment program with both individual and group structure was constructed considering available treatments such as cognitive-behavior therapy, social stories, and play therapy catered to autistic children and the needs of their families. The program consisted of techniques such as acceptance, common cognitive errors challenge, control of thoughts, emotions and behavior, the principles of reward and punishment, and crisis management etc. The validity of the program was confirmed by four experts. Secondly, 26 volunteer qualified couples selected from the parents were referred to a rehabilitation center in Tehran, and were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. The pretest was performed for all participants. Then, the control group was kept away from the program during the 10 sessions of group, four sessions of individual, and two sessions of family therapy for each couple in the experiment group.Results: Univariate analysis of Covariance showed that the program significantly improved marital adjustment in parents (F=22.018, P=0.001), and successfully reduced the symptoms of autistic disorder in social interaction (F=5.733, P=0.027) and relations (F=10.07, P=0.005). However, it did not significantly affect stereotyped behaviors (F=4.304, P=0.053) and development (F=0.448, P=0.511) of autistic children in the experimental group. Discussion:The compiled parenting program is recommended to improve parental empowerment for the families of autistic children, because it is capable of reducing autistic symptoms in social interaction and relationships as well as improving marital adjustment in such families. A B S T R A C T

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Parenting stress and autism: The role of age, autism severity, quality of life and problem behaviour of children and adolescents with autism

Cited by 251 publications

References 49 publications

Correlação entre a oralidade de crianças com distúrbios do espectro do autismo e o nível de estresse de seus pais

Correlação entre a oralidade de crianças com distúrbios do espectro do autismo e o nível de estresse de seus pais

Relations between the Perception of Communication Difficulties, Stress Levels and Behavior of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Determining the Effectiveness of a Modulated Parenting Skills Program on Reducing Autistic Symptoms in Children and Improvement of Parental Adjustment

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