Transition and Change in Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism: Longitudinal Effects on Maternal Well-Being

Autor/inn/en	Lounds, Julie; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Greenberg, Jan S.; Shattuck, Paul T.
Titel	Transition and Change in Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism: Longitudinal Effects on Maternal Well-Being
Quelle	In: American Journal on Mental Retardation, 112 (2007) 6, S.401-417 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-8017
DOI	10.1352/0895-8017(2007)112[401:TACIAA]2.0.CO;2
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Mothers; Daughters; Mental Retardation; Young Adults; Parent Child Relationship; Adolescents; Individual Characteristics; Behavior Change; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Well Being; Predictor Variables; Drug Therapy; Parent Attitudes; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Geistige Behinderung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Prädiktor; Elternverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	We investigated how change in the characteristics of 140 adolescents and young adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) would predict subsequent change in maternal well-being and in the quality of the mother-child relationship. Overall patterns of improvement in maternal well-being and mother-child relationship quality were observed during the study. When the son or daughter had declining behavior problems, were prescribed more psychotropic medications, and exited from high school during the study period, mothers' well-being and perception of relationship quality improved to a greater extent. In addition, improvements in maternal well-being and relationship quality were observed in mothers of daughters, in mothers of individuals with mental retardation as well as ASD, and in mothers of those in better health. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10