Self-esteem, social support, and life satisfaction in Chinese parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

Lu, Minghui; Yang, Guangxue; Skora, Elizabeth; Wang, Guanghai; Cai, Yin; Sun, Qian; Li, Wenjie

doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2015.05.003

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“…Our research supports the findings of other recent studies in Australia (Broady, Stoyles, and Morse 2015), Nepal (Heys et al 2016), Pakistan and India (Minhas et al 2015), China (Lu et al 2015), the USA and Canada (Kinnear et al 2016) that suggest stigma continues to be a significant challenge for many families of children with autism, irrespective of their ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Kinnear et al's (2016) study in North America found that stigma and their child's autism-related behaviours played the largest roles in making parents lives challenging.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Kinnear et al's (2016) study in North America found that stigma and their child's autism-related behaviours played the largest roles in making parents lives challenging. In the study by Lu et al (2015), stigma was implicated in Chinese parents' low 20 self-esteem, social isolation and stress. Reasons for this almost universal experience of stigma may be related to the 'explanatory models' (Kleinman 1988) or narrative frameworks people use to make sense of disease and abnormal experiences and behaviours, by explaining their cause, effect and course.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘You are labelled by your children’s disability’ – A community-based, participatory study of stigma among Somali parents of children with autism living in the United Kingdom

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

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confidence: 99%

‘You are labelled by your children’s disability’ – A community-based, participatory study of stigma among Somali parents of children with autism living in the United Kingdom

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“…In an American sample, self-esteem has a correlation of 0.55 with life satisfaction (Campbell, 1981). In a survey of Chinese parents whose children have autism spectrum disorder, life satisfaction was associated with higher household income and better self-esteem (Lu et al, 2015). Among the various predictors, self-esteem has the strongest impact on adults’ life satisfaction (Campbell, Converse, & Rodgers, 1976).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator

Li¹,

Fang²,

Wang³

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Psychologica Belgica

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Improving people’s life satisfaction has become an important goal for many individuals and societies. In this study we investigate how grit influences life satisfaction. We propose that individuals’ self-esteem mediates the relationship between grit and life satisfaction. Study 1, with a sample of 243 employees enrolled in a business training course, found that an individual’s grit was positively related to life satisfaction and that self-esteem fully mediated this relationship. In Study 2, with 218 full-time employees, self-efficacy, self-control, and self-consciousness were included as mediators, but they did not exceed the power of self-esteem in explaining the relationship between grit and life satisfaction. Implications, limitations and future research directions are discussed.

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“…Chinese parents of children with ASD suffer from huge anxiety of their children's future due to the lack of social support (Li et al, 2015;Xiang et al, 2013). As a result, most of their information needs are about improving living skills of children.…”

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confidence: 99%

How do parents of children with ASD use information grounds to seek for ASD‐related information?

Ying

Zhang

2019

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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Parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have special needs about health information related to children. This research aims to understand how parents of children with ASD in China seek information in information grounds. We conducted field observations at a treatment and rehabilitation center, and interviewed 16 Chinese parents of children with ASD whose children participated in the therapy classes at this center. Results derived from qualitative coding and analysis suggest that: (1) parents' information needs evolve around improving their children's living skills, social connections are important information sources for them. (2) Parents' information grounds are closely related to their everyday life of looking after the children, such as classes and activities. Main topics of information sharing and exchange at such places include experiences of raising children with special needs, children's health status, and other child‐bearing topics. (3) Factors influencing parents' information behavior in the information grounds include homogeneity, familiarity, focal activity, reward expectation, and so on. (4) Parents benefit from such information grounds to gain useful information, emotional support, and social connections. These findings provide insights on better understanding the unique needs of parents with ASD children.

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Self-esteem, social support, and life satisfaction in Chinese parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

Cited by 108 publications

References 38 publications

‘You are labelled by your children’s disability’ – A community-based, participatory study of stigma among Somali parents of children with autism living in the United Kingdom

‘You are labelled by your children’s disability’ – A community-based, participatory study of stigma among Somali parents of children with autism living in the United Kingdom

The Influence of Grit on Life Satisfaction: Self-Esteem as a Mediator

How do parents of children with ASD use information grounds to seek for ASD‐related information?

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