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The factors predicting stress, anxiety and depression in the parents of children with autism

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posted on 2023-05-18, 02:14 authored by Falk, NH, Kimberley NorrisKimberley Norris, Michael QuinnMichael Quinn
The factors predicting stress, anxiety and depression in the parents of children with autism remain poorly understood. In this study, a cohort of 250 mothers and 229 fathers of one or more children with autism completed a questionnaire assessing reported parental mental health problems, locus of control, social support, perceived parent-child attachment, as well as autism symptom severity and perceived externalizing behaviours in the child with autism. Variables assessing parental cognitions and socioeconomic support were found to be more significant predictors of parental mental health problems than child-centric variables. A path model, describing the relationship between the dependent and independent variables, was found to be a good fit with the observed data for both mothers and fathers.

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Publication title

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volume

44

Issue

12

Pagination

3185-3203

ISSN

0162-3257

Department/School

Menzies Institute for Medical Research

Publisher

Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ

Place of publication

233 Spring St, New York, USA, Ny, 10013

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Copyright 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York

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  • Restricted

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Mental health

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