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Infant Effortful Control Mediates Relations between Nondirective Parenting and Internalising-Related Child Behaviours in an Autism-Enriched Infant Cohort
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Smith, C. G.; Jones, E. J. H.; Wass, S. V.; Pasco, G.; Johnson, M. H.; Charman, T.; Wan, M. W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Internalising problems are common within Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); early intervention to support those with emerging signs may be warranted. One promising signal lies in how individual differences in temperament are shaped by parenting. Our longitudinal study of infants with and without an older sibling with ASD investigated how parenting…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Personality Traits, Child Rearing
Brief Report: Oxytocin Enhances Paternal Sensitivity to a Child with Autism--A Double-Blind Within-Subject Experiment with Intranasally Administered Oxytocin
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Naber, Fabienne B. A.; Poslawsky, Irina E.; van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H.; van Engeland, Herman; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Oxytocin seems associated with parenting style, and experimental work showed positive effects of intranasally administered oxytocin on parenting style of fathers. Here, the first double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subject experiment with intranasal oxytocin administration to fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is…
Descriptors: Autism, Play, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles
Predictors and Course of Daily Living Skills Development in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Green, Shulamite A.; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Self-sufficiency is central to child and family well-being. This report focuses on predictors of adaptive daily living skills (DLS) development in young children with ASD and whether DLS gains predict decreases in parenting stress. Participants were 162 toddlers with ASD and their parents, assessed at 3 annual timepoints. Hierarchical Linear…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Daily Living Skills, Toddlers
Predictors of Change in Stress, Interaction Styles, and Depression in Parents of Toddlers with Autism
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Trocchio, Jennie S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of change in parental stress (including parent and child factors), depression, and interaction style in parents of toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), exposed to two types of early intervention (EI) programs, PLAY and Community Standard (CS). This study utilized secondary data of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Multivariate Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Multiple Regression Analysis
A Comparative Analysis of Well-Being and Coping among Mothers of Toddlers and Mothers of Adolescents with ASD
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Smith, Leann E.; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Greenberg, Jan S.; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
The present study examined the impact of autism symptoms and coping strategies on the well-being of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The sample consisted of 153 mothers of toddlers and 201 mothers of adolescents drawn from two ongoing, longitudinal studies of families of individuals with ASD. For mothers of toddlers, lower…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Toddlers, Adolescents