Mothers of Adolescents and Adults with Autism: Parenting Multiple Children with Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Orsmond, Gael I.; Lin, Ling-Yi; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick
Titel	Mothers of Adolescents and Adults with Autism: Parenting Multiple Children with Disabilities
Quelle	In: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 45 (2007) 4, S.257-270 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-9556
DOI	10.1352/1934-9556(2007)45[257:MOAAAW]2.0.CO;2
Schlagwörter	Disabilities; Child Rearing; Adolescents; Siblings; Mothers; Hyperactivity; Family Size; Depression (Psychology); Autism; Adults; Family Influence; Well Being; Family Relationship; Attention Deficit Disorders; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Psychological Patterns; Learning Disabilities; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Comparative Analysis; Anxiety + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handicap; Behinderung; Kindererziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sibling; Geschwister; Mother; Mutter; Hyperaktivität; Familiengröße; Autismus; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Angst
Abstract	We examined types of disabilities in siblings from a large sample of families of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and the impact of another child with a disability on maternal and family well-being. The most frequent disabilities in siblings were attention and hyperactivity (4.6%) and autism spectrum (2.4%) disorders and psychiatric (2.1%) and learning (2.0%) disabilities. Mothers parenting another child with a disability (in addition to the child with ASD) had higher levels of depressive symptoms and anxiety and lower family adaptability and cohesion compared with mothers whose only child with a disability had ASD (matched on child age and family size). Findings are discussed with respect to understanding the needs of such families, including service provision. (Contains 5 tables.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10