Aligning over the Child: Parenting Alliance Mediates the Association of Autism Spectrum Disorder Atypicality with Parenting Stress

Autor/inn/en	Hill-Chapman, Crystal R.; Herzog, Teresa K.; Maduro, Ralitsa S.
Titel	Aligning over the Child: Parenting Alliance Mediates the Association of Autism Spectrum Disorder Atypicality with Parenting Stress
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 34 (2013) 5, S.1498-1504 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2013.01.004
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Parents; Autism; Child Rearing; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Stress Variables; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Family Environment; Marital Satisfaction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Eltern; Autismus; Kindererziehung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Familienmilieu
Abstract	Children's symptoms of autism are robustly linked to diminished parent well-being and relationship distress, however they are less clearly linked to other aspects of family development. We focused on child atypical symptoms (i.e., behavioral stereotypies) and investigated relations to parental stress and the parenting alliance. We verified that relations between atypicality and parenting stress were partially mediated by a child-focused aspect of the parenting alliance. These results suggested that parents of highly atypical children reported less stress than parents of children with low levels of these behaviors, an effect that acted through an assessment of the parenting partner as highly involved with the child. However, parents with highly atypical children did not report a similarly better self-focused parenting alliance, indicating that direct emotional support from the partner did not differ between the groups. We discuss the possibility that, among parents who stay together in the face of severe child disability, enhanced perceptions of parenting are not uncommon. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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