Health-Related Quality of Life of Parents of Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Gloria K.; Lopata, Christopher; Volker, Martin A.; Thomeer, Marcus L.; Nida, Robert E.; Toomey, Jennifer A.; Chow, Sabrina Y.; Smerbeck, Audrey M.
Titel	Health-Related Quality of Life of Parents of Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
Quelle	In: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 24 (2009) 4, S.227-239 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-3576
DOI	10.1177/1088357609347371
Schlagwörter	Family Income; Autism; Quality of Life; Physical Health; Mental Health; Questionnaires; Parents; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Children; Child Health; Comparative Analysis; Family Environment; Stress Variables; Coping; Stress Management; Psychological Patterns; Social Influences; Family Structure; Marital Status; Educational Attainment; Ethnicity; Severity (of Disability) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familieneinkommen; Autismus; Lebensqualität; Gesundheitszustand; Psychohygiene; Fragebogen; Eltern; Child; Kind; Kinder; Familienmilieu; Bewältigung; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Sozialer Einfluss; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Familienstand; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ethnizität; Schweregrad
Abstract	The physical and mental health-related quality of life (QOL) of 89 parents of children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (HFASDs) was compared to the health-related QOL of 46 parents of children without disabilities. Parents completed a packet of surveys measuring demographics, parenting stress, coping, resources, and QOL. Results of "t" tests showed significant differences between the two groups for all variables. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that for parents of children with HFASDs, demographics and psychosocial variables accounted for a significant amount of variance for physical health-related QOL, with income, number of children, and stress being significant variables. Demographics and psychosocial variables also accounted for a significant amount of variance for parents' mental health-related QOL, with income and stress being significant variables. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10