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Children With Autism: Sleep Problems and Mothers' Stress
Abstract
Parenting a child with autism has been associated with maternal stress. The present investigation examined children's sleep difficulties and severity of autism along with mothers' sleep problems in relation to stress levels reported by mothers ( N = 72). Mothers' reports of their children's sleep problems were related to mothers' reports of their own sleep difficulties and to the severity of children's autistic symptoms. Severity of autism was predictive of mothers' stress. After controlling for child age and gender, mothers' sleep, and severity of autism, children's sleep was a significant predictor ( p < .001) of maternal stress. Findings suggest including children's sleep problems along with their symptomatic behavior when examining factors that contribute to stress in mothers of children with autism.
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“Left untreated, these co-occuring conditions can have detrimental and potentially catastrophic impacts on ASD individuals and their families, such as decreased quality of life and increased stress, hindered educational and employment opportunities and increased risk of suicidality [12–21].”
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“Parents of children with ASD and sleep difficulties suffer a lower quality of life with heightened parent stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms than average [14, 15].”
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- Authors
- Hoffman, C. D., Sweeney, D. P., Lopez-Wagner, M. C., Hodge, D., Nam, C. Y., & Botts, B. H.
- Affiliations
- California State University, San Bernardino (US)
- Loma Linda University (US)
- University of West Florida (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hoffman, Charles D.
- Venue
- Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-06-11
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 155-165
- ISSN
- 0887-1566 (ISSN-L)
- 1088-3576
- 1538-4829
- OpenAlex
- W2120477604
- Cited by
- 108
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 5.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, maternal stress, parental stress, pediatric sleep disorders, autism severity, mothers of autistic children
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