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Coping strategies of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review

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Vernhet, Christelle, Dellapiazza, Florine, Blanc, Nathalie, Cousson-Gélie, Florence, Miot, Stéphanie, Roeyers, Herbert, Baghdadli, Amaria·2019·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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To deal with stress, parents of children with ASD use coping strategies that help to tackle the challenging situations of raising their child. This systematic review examines parental coping strategy's questionnaires, factors which influence these coping strategies, interactions between these strategies and perceived stress and their impact on parental quality of life. According to PRISMA guidelines, an electronic search was conducted on Medline, PsycInfo and Eric: 156 articles were identified and 11 studies were selected. Many types of self-reported questionnaires were used to assess parental coping strategies. Studies highlighted that parents of a child with ASD used more avoidance strategies and less social support-seeking strategies than those of typical children. Furthermore, problem-focused coping protects parental stress and quality of life, that on the contrary, emotion-focused coping is a risk factor for alteration. Our systematic review illustrates the need to adapt psychoeducational interventions for parents of children with ASD.

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  • There is a lack of research regarding links between positive or adaptive resources in parents of children with ASD.

    “Vernhet et al. (2019) pointed out the lack of research regarding links between positive or adaptive resources in this group which limits the applicability of most of the current findings in terms of the improvement of parents’ quality of life and adaptive coping.”

    From Self-compassion, ego-resiliency, coping with stress and the quality of life of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (2021) · cites this paper as Vernhet et al. (2019)

    The sections 'Link between coping and sense of coherence' and '3.5.3. Link between coping and quality of life' report that only one selected study examined coping and sense of coherence, and only two examined coping and parental quality of life. This supports a research gap in those specific links, but the review does not establish a general lack of research on links between all positive or adaptive resources. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.81)

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  • Problem-focused coping strategies decrease stress levels experienced by parents of children with ASD, while emotion-oriented strategies are associated with more stress and depressive symptoms.

    “Meta-analysis conducted by Vernhet et al. (2019) revealed that problem-focused coping strategies decreased stress levels experienced by parents of children with ASD, while emotion-oriented strategies acted conversely being associated with more stress and depressive symptoms.”

    From Self-compassion, ego-resiliency, coping with stress and the quality of life of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (2021) · cites this paper as Vernhet et al. (2019)

    The Discussion reports that greater use of problem-focused coping lowered parental stress, while emotion-focused coping increased it; it also reports more depressive symptoms among parents using emotion-based strategies. The Abstract identifies the paper as a systematic review of 11 studies, not a meta-analysis, so that description of the source is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  1. [7]7. Lacharité C, Ethier L, Piché C (1992) Parental stress in mothers of preschool children: validation and Quebec norms for the Parental Stress Inventory. Sante Ment Que 17 (2):183-203
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Authors
Vernhet, C., Dellapiazza, F., Blanc, N., Cousson-Gélie, F., Miot, S., Roeyers, H., & Baghdadli, A.
Affiliations
  • Inserm (FR)
  • Université de Montpellier (FR)
  • Ghent University (BE)
Corresponding author
Vernhet, Christelle
Venue
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Published
2018-06-18
Volume
28
Issue
6
Pages
747-758
ISSN
  • 1018-8827 (ISSN-L)
  • 1435-165X
OpenAlex
W2809010317
Cited by
175
References
74
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 6
FWCI
1.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, parental coping strategies, parental stress, perceived stress, parental quality of life, problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, avoidance coping, social support seeking, parents of children with disabilities, psychoeducational intervention
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Support

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