Social Support, Education Levels, and Parents’ Involvement: A Comparison Between Mothers and Fathers of Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sharabi, Adi; Marom-Golan, Dafna

doi:10.1177/0271121418762511

Cited by 56 publications

(27 citation statements)

References 30 publications

(66 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Coping is often facilitated by emotional support (Roohafza et al, 2014). Parents who have emotional support and a community to support them are more likely to engage in their child's mental health care (Sharabi & Marom-Golan, 2018).…”

Section: Parental Aggravation Coping and Emotional Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family resilience and flourishment: Well‐being among children with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders

Herbell

Breitenstein

Melnyk

et al. 2020

Research in Nursing & Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Approximately 20% of children and adolescents in the United States are affected by mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) disorders. Child flourishment and family resilience contribute to healthy family development, including the promotion of child MEB wellbeing. Identifying factors that promote child flourishment and family resilience are critical. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and parenting factors associated with family resilience and child flourishment among children aged 6–17 years with MEB disorders. This was a secondary analysis of the 2016–2017 National Survey of Children's Health. The sample consisted of parents and their children (n = 1,900, weighted n = 5,375,670). Data were weighted to be representative of the US population and analyzed using descriptive statistics and linear regression. We found that only 6.3% of children aged 6–17 with an MEB were optimally flourishing. Parental aggravation was negatively associated with child flourishment, and parental coping was positively associated with child flourishment. In total, 66.5% of families with children exhibited resilience. Parental coping and availability of parental emotional support were positively associated with family resilience. Potential interventions that leverage study findings include parent training to increase parental emotional regulation (e.g., increase frustration tolerance, coping skills) and family navigation services to increase parental support (e.g., emotional support, coping skills) through the child's treatment trajectory. Overall, this study provides evidence of a disparity in flourishment in America's youth with MEB disorders, and despite this adversity, families are resilient.

show abstract

Section: Parental Aggravation Coping and Emotional Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family resilience and flourishment: Well‐being among children with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders

Herbell

Breitenstein

Melnyk

et al. 2020

Research in Nursing & Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Family support is associated with increased optimism, which predicts higher levels of positive maternal outcomes and lower levels of negative maternal outcomes ( Ekas et al, 2010 ) and facilitates a better emotional relationship with the children ( Boyd, 2002 ). Different sources of informal social support, including the partner, other family members, and friends, are factors that mediate and moderate maternal well-being, reduce stress, foster engagement ( Sharabi and Marom-Golan, 2018 ), and predict changes in well-being, above and beyond the impact of the child’s behavioral problems ( Manning et al, 2011 ; Smith et al, 2012 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parenting Stress in Mothers of Children With Autism Without Intellectual Disability. Mediation of Behavioral Problems and Coping Strategies

Miranda¹,

Mira²,

Berenguer³

et al. 2019

Front. Psychol.

155

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The present study investigated the mediating role of behavioral difficulties, coping strategies, and social functional support in the relationship between symptoms severity and parenting stress in mothers of children with ASD (autism spectrum disorder). The parenting stress questionnaire, coping orientation to problems experienced scale, strengths and difficulties questionnaire, and Duke-UNC social support questionnaire were administered to 52 mothers, who also estimated the ASD severity symptoms of their children. Correlation analyses revealed that parenting stress was positively correlated with the children’s ASD symptoms and behavioral problems. On the other hand, parenting stress was negatively correlated with the engagement coping and social functional support reported by the mothers. Multiple mediation analysis indicated that engagement coping and behavioral difficulties were significant mediators in the relationship between ASD symptoms and parenting stress, with the engagement variable having a larger effect. The findings illustrate the need to promote the mothers’ engagement coping orientation and the application of behavioral strategies with their children to help them to buffer the impact of stress.

show abstract

“…; Arbes et al . ; Sharabi and Marom‐Golan ). For parents of children with ASD, household income, parent education, child behaviour and child age were significantly related to their unmet support needs (Hartley and Schultz ).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of social support: comparisons between fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder and fathers of children without developmental disabilities

Seymour

Giallo

Wood

2019

J intellect Disabil Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background Research highlights the need for ongoing social support of mothers of children with Autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Despite recognised differences between mothers and fathers, little is known about the particular social support needs of fathers of children with ASD. Broadly, this study aimed to explore the support needs of fathers of children with ASD compared with fathers of children without a disability (W/OD) and the relation between social support, psychological distress and sociodemographic factors. Method Drawing from a large, nationally representative community sample of children, 159 fathers of children with ASD were identified, where 6578 fathers of children W/OD were used as a comparison sample. Results Over 70% of fathers of children with ASD reported that support was inaccessible and were significantly more likely to report so compared with fathers of children W/OD. Emotional/informational social support was the strongest social support domain associated with fathers' experiences of psychological distress. Conclusions This study provided important insight into the social support needs of fathers of children with ASD.Complete case data presented, fathers of children with ASD n = 115 and fathers of children W/OD n = 4791.

show abstract

Social Support, Education Levels, and Parents’ Involvement: A Comparison Between Mothers and Fathers of Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract: Research evidence demonstrates the significant role of parental involvement in the care of their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and its beneficial effect on the children's developmental and educational outcomes

Cited by 56 publications

References 30 publications

Family resilience and flourishment: Well‐being among children with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders

Family resilience and flourishment: Well‐being among children with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders

Parenting Stress in Mothers of Children With Autism Without Intellectual Disability. Mediation of Behavioral Problems and Coping Strategies

Perceptions of social support: comparisons between fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder and fathers of children without developmental disabilities

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About