Parenting Sense of Competence in Mothers of Children with Autism: Associations with Parental Expectations and Levels of Family Support Needs

Autor/inn/en	Arellano, Araceli; Denne, Louise D.; Hastings, Richard P.; Hughes, J. Carl
Titel	Parenting Sense of Competence in Mothers of Children with Autism: Associations with Parental Expectations and Levels of Family Support Needs
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 44 (2019) 2, S.212-218 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-8250
DOI	10.3109/13668250.2017.1350838
Schlagwörter	Mother Attitudes; Parenting Skills; Parent Child Relationship; Autism; Case Studies; Ethnicity; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Family Needs; Self Efficacy; Stress Variables; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Expectation; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mutterliebe; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Autismus; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ethnizität; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Expectancy; Erwartung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Background: Research suggests that parents who perceive themselves as more effective and satisfied report less stress when raising a child with autism. We examined associations between parenting sense of competence, reported family support needs, and parental future expectations, with a sample of mothers of children with autism. Method: Mothers completed a cross-sectional online survey, which included a measure of expectations: Hopes for the Future, the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale and the Family Needs Survey. Results: Analysis revealed that mothers with lower support needs had greater parenting satisfaction; and mothers with more positive expectations perceived themselves to be more effective. Ethnicity, expectations, and lower levels of perceived family support needs, were predictors of greater satisfaction. Higher positive expectations predicted a greater sense of efficacy. Conclusions: The findings highlight the need for further research into the factors that underlie parental efficacy and expectations when parenting a child with autism. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01