Acceptance or Despair? Maternal Adjustment to Having a Child Diagnosed with Autism
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Psychological adjustment to having one's child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder has important implications for a parent's mental health. In a longitudinal study, we examined the association between maternal adjustment to the diagnosis and measures of distress and well-being in 90 mothers of children with autism (baseline and 18 months). We used a novel 30-item scale "Adjustment to the Diagnosis of Autism." Factor analysis identified three dimensions of adjustment: acceptance, self-blame, and despair. Acceptance appeared to be a protective response, as it was associated with lower depressive symptoms, cross-sectionally and over time. Conversely, caregivers with increasing levels of self-blame and despair about the diagnosis over 18 months had worsening of mental health and satisfaction with life during this period.
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Greater autism acceptance is associated with better mental health in mothers of autistic children.
“greater autism acceptance is associated with better mental health, in both autistic adults (Cage et al., 2018) and mothers of autistic children (Da Paz, Siegel, Coccia, & Epel, 2018).”
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- Authors
- Da Paz, N. S., Siegel, B., Coccia, M. A., & Epel, E. S.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2018-01-06
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1971-1981
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- PMC
- PMC6347022
- OpenAlex
- W2782297552
- Cited by
- 89
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 6.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (R01 AG030424, R24AG048024)
- 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
- maternal adjustment, autism spectrum disorder, diagnosis acceptance, self-blame, despair, maternal mental health, depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, mothers of autistic children
- MeSH terms
- Emotional Adjustment, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adult, Behavior, Child, Child, Preschool, Depression, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Mothers, Personal Satisfaction, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Caregivers
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