Parenting Stress and Autism: The Role of Age, Autism Severity, Quality of Life and Problem Behaviour of Children and Adolescents with Autism

Autor/inn/en	McStay, Rebecca L.; Dissanayake, Cheryl; Scheeren, Anke; Koot, Hans M.; Begeer, Sander
Titel	Parenting Stress and Autism: The Role of Age, Autism Severity, Quality of Life and Problem Behaviour of Children and Adolescents with Autism
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 18 (2014) 5, S.502-510 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361313485163
Schlagwörter	Child Rearing; Stress Variables; Autism; Age Differences; Severity (of Disability); Quality of Life; Behavior Problems; Child Behavior; Adolescents; Children; Hyperactivity; Foreign Countries; Special Schools; Questionnaires; Verbal Ability; Social Behavior; Netherlands; Parenting Stress Index; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindererziehung; Autismus; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Schweregrad; Lebensqualität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Hyperaktivität; Ausland; Special school; Sonderschule; Fragebogen; Mündliche Leistung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Niederlande
Abstract	While stress is a common experience for parents caring for a child with a developmental disability, current measures fail to distinguish between general stress in parents and the demands of parenting and perceptions of parenting skills (parenting stress). This study examined differences in "parenting stress" reported by parents of children with autism and typically developing children. This study examined the role of child characteristics (age, autism severity, child quality of life and problem behaviour) on parenting stress in 150 parents of cognitively able children and adolescents with autism. The results revealed that child hyperactivity was the only factor significantly related to parenting stress in parents of children with autism, overruling measures of autism severity and child quality of life. This finding indicates the significant influence of problematic behaviours on parenting demands and perceptions of parenting skills in parents of children with autism, over other child characteristics conceived as within the parent's control. Study implications for future research are discussed. (As Provided).
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