Maternal Stress Predicted by Characteristics of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability

Autor/inn/en	Peters-Scheffer, Nienke; Didden, Robert; Korzilius, Hubert
Titel	Maternal Stress Predicted by Characteristics of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability
Quelle	In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6 (2012) 2, S.696-706 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-9467
DOI	10.1016/j.rasd.2011.10.003
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Mental Retardation; Autism; Child Behavior; Expressive Language; Stress Variables; Predictor Variables; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Foreign Countries; Individual Characteristics; Behavior Problems; Interpersonal Competence; Interaction; Check Lists; Intelligence Quotient; Mental Age; Receptive Language; Severity (of Disability); Adjustment (to Environment); Netherlands; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Geistige Behinderung; Autismus; Prädiktor; Ausland; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Interaktion; Checkliste; Intelligenzquotient; Geistige Beweglichkeit; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Schweregrad; Niederlande
Abstract	To determine maternal stress and child variables predicting maternal stress, 104 mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) completed the Dutch version of the Parental Stress Index (PSI; De Brock, Vermulst, Gerris, & Abidin, 1992) every six months over a period of two years. The level of maternal stress remained stable over time. Child characteristics predicting maternal stress are behavioral inflexibility toward objects and initiating social interactions. However, these factors do not predict maternal stress when analyzed in combination with children's emotional and behavioral problems measured on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2000). The subscales emotionally reactive behavior, withdrawn behavior and attention problems explain a third of the variance in maternal stress. This study revealed no relation between maternal stress and children's developmental age and IQ, receptive and expressive language, adaptive behavior, severity and subtype of ASD, behavioral flexibility toward the environment and persons, initiating and responding to joint attention, initiating and responding to behavioral requests, responding to social interactions and the other subscales of the CBCL. Findings are discussed in relation to the clinical and non-clinical norm groups of the PSI, the limitations of the study and clinical practice. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10