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Factors contributing to stress in parents of individuals with autistic spectrum disorders

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Tehee, Erin, Honan, Rita, Hevey, David·2009·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

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Background The study explores the experiences of parents of individuals with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs), and examines the influences of parent gender and child age on perceived stress, stress and coping, child‐rearing involvement, support and information/education accessed. Methods and Materials Questionnaires assessed general perceived stress, involvement, stress and coping related to caregiving, social support, and amount of information/education accessed in 23 mothers and 19 fathers of 3‐ to 18‐year‐old individuals with ASDs. Results When compared with fathers, mothers were significantly more stressed, more involved, and reported higher levels of stress and coping related to caregiving. Differences were found according to child age, regarding helpfulness of support and access to information/education. Parent gender and child age moderated correlations between some variables. Content analyses identified factors contributing to parental stress and its alleviation. Conclusions The positive relationships between the amount of information accessed and the quality of support received by parents, and between parental stress and involvement vary according to the life stage of the child. Mothers experienced a greater caregiving burden when compared with fathers.

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  • Parenting a child with autism spectrum disorder is associated with elevated distress and mental health problems.

    “With convincing evidence that parenting a child with ASD is associated with elevated distress and mental health problems, researchers have begun to investigate treatments that directly target parents' psychological well-being.”

    From Interventions that target improvements in mental health for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders: A narrative review (2017) · cites this paper as Tehee et al., 2008

    The Introduction reports that prior research found higher stress levels among parents of children with ASD than among the general population or parents of children with other developmental disabilities. It does not establish a similarly elevated rate of mental health problems. The Discussion also notes that this paper’s own sample had relatively low stress scores and lacked a comparison group. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Tehee, E., Honan, R., & Hevey, D.
Affiliations
Trinity College Dublin (IE)
Venue
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2008-12-02
Volume
22
Issue
1
Pages
34-42
ISSN
  • 0952-9608 (ISSN-L)
  • 1360-2322
  • 1468-3148
OpenAlex
W2003976875
Cited by
274
References
33
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, parental stress, caregiver burden, gender differences in parenting, child age, social support, coping, mothers, fathers

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