Comparison of Mental Health, Well-Being and Parenting Sense of Competency among Australian and South-East Asian Parents of Autistic Children Accessing Early Intervention in Australia

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Jodie; Sulek, Rhylee; Abdullahi, Ifrah; Green, Cherie C.; Bent, Catherine A.; Dissanayake, Cheryl; Hudry, Kristelle
Titel	Comparison of Mental Health, Well-Being and Parenting Sense of Competency among Australian and South-East Asian Parents of Autistic Children Accessing Early Intervention in Australia
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 25 (2021) 6, S.1784-1796 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bent, Catherine A.) ORCID (Dissanayake, Cheryl) ORCID (Hudry, Kristelle)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/13623613211010006
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Competence; Child Caregivers; Parents; Parent Attitudes; Parenting Skills; Child Rearing; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Early Intervention; Cultural Background; Asian Culture; Collectivism; Individualism; Mental Health; Well Being; Quality of Life; Stress Variables; Diagnostic Tests; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Australia; Parenting Stress Index; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Mullen Scales of Early Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Kompetenz; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Eltern; Elternverhalten; Kindererziehung; Autismus; Individualismus; Psychohygiene; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Lebensqualität; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Parents from individualist cultures (those focused on autonomy of individuals; that is, Australian) may view their autistic children differently compared to parents from collectivist cultures (where community needs are valued over an individual's, that is, South-East Asian cultures). As most research on autism and parenting has been undertaken in Western individualist cultures, knowledge of parenting beliefs and mental health within collectivist cultures is lacking. We compared the mental health, quality of life, well-being and parenting sense of competency between families raising an autistic child from two groups: 97 Australian parents and 58 parents from South-East Asian backgrounds. Children from both groups were receiving the same community-based early intervention. No group differences were found on the measures of mental health but, when compared to Australian parents, parents from South-East Asian backgrounds reported higher well-being and less impact on their quality of life resulting from their child's autism-specific difficulties. Furthermore, a positive association between well-being and quality of life was only observed for South-East Asian parents. Hence, the views of, and responses to, disability for South-East Asian parents may act as a protective factor promoting well-being. This novel research indicates that culture plays a role in parenting autistic children and highlights the need to accurately capture cultural background information in research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01