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Arlene Mannion; Geraldine Leader – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are a common comorbidity in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Little is known about the impact that GI symptoms have on parental well-being. Parents of 409 children and adolescents with ASD completed the GI Symptoms Inventory, Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, World Health Organization…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Stress Variables, Parents, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Likhitweerawong, Narueporn; Boonchooduang, Nonglak; Louthrenoo, Orawan – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Parenting children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is challenging. Parents of such children reportedly experience high levels of stress and poor mental health. This study aimed to assess the parenting styles, parental stress, and caregivers' quality of life of children with ASD and compare them to those of children without ASD. Sixty-one and…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Stress Variables, Quality of Life
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Kasey E. Bedard; Annette K. Griffith; Delyla Ulm; Mary Strittman; Kelly Krukowski; Angeline Eaton; Amanda Rone; Teresa Cardon – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2025
PWS Smart-Start is a behavioral caregiver training program developed specifically for caregivers of children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) ages 3 to 14. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of the program. Thirty-four caregivers of children with PWS received the PWS Smart-Start training…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Early Adolescents, Genetic Disorders, Program Effectiveness
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Martin, Christina A.; Sciberras, Emma; Papadopoulos, Nicole; Engel, Lidia; Hiscock, Harriet; Williams, Katrina; Howlin, Patricia; McGillivray, Jane; Rinehart, Nicole J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
This study investigated whether sleep problem severity in children with autism spectrum disorder was associated with maternal well-being. Mothers of 234 children reported on their mental health (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale), parenting stress (Parenting Stress Index-4-SF), health-related quality of life (HRQoL; Assessment of Quality of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Sleep, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Cappe, Emilie; Downes, Naomi; Albert-Benaroya, Sophie; Ech-Chouikh, Julie Allard; De Gaulmyn, Aude; Luperto, Lydia; Caron, Valérie; Roussel, Elisabeth; Taton, Romain; Sankey, Carol – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The objective was to evaluate the impact of a psychoeducational program on the stress and quality of life of parents with a child with autism. In total, 20 parents attended a shortened version (SV group) of the program and 15 others a complete version (CV group). An assessment of perceived stress, parenting stress, and quality of life was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Stress Variables, Stress Management
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Smith, Jodie; Sulek, Rhylee; Abdullahi, Ifrah; Green, Cherie C.; Bent, Catherine A.; Dissanayake, Cheryl; Hudry, Kristelle – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Parents from individualist cultures (those focused on autonomy of individuals; that is, Australian) may view their autistic children differently compared to parents from collectivist cultures (where community needs are valued over an individual's, that is, South-East Asian cultures). As most research on autism and parenting has been undertaken in…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Competence, Child Caregivers, Parents