Profiles of Social and Coping Resources in Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Relations to Parent and Child Outcomes

Overview

Journal J Autism Dev Disord

Publisher Springer

Date 2018 Jan 25

PMID 29362954

Citations 16

Authors

Anat Zaidman-Zait

Pat Mirenda

Peter Szatmari

Eric Duku

Isabel M Smith

Tracy Vaillancourt

Joanne Volden

Charlotte Waddell

Teresa Bennett

Lonnie Zwaigenbaum

Mayada Elsabaggh

Stelios Georgiades

Wendy J Ungar

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Abstract

This study described empirically derived profiles of parents' personal and social coping resources in a sample of 207 families of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Latent Profile Analysis identified four family profiles based on socieoeconomic risk, coping strategy utilization, family functioning, available social supports, and perceptions of family-centered support. During the time of children's transition to school, parents in the most disadvantaged group experienced the highest levels of parenting stress and depression, and their children had significantly lower adaptive behaviour scores and more parent-reported behavior problems than children in the other three groups. Results highlight the need for systematic surveillance of family risk factors so that supports can be provided to enhance both parental well-being and children's developmental health.

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