TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of Mental Health in Chinese Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
AU - Su, Xueyun
AU - Cai, Ru Ying
AU - Uljarević, Mirko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - The aim of this study was to explore the influence of parental intolerance of Uncertainty (IU), sensory sensitivity (SS) and Broader Autism Phenotype (BAP), as well as the severity of their children’s autism symptoms and co-morbid symptoms, on the mental health of Chinese parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). One hundred and twenty-two parents (86.9% mothers; M age = 35.64 years, SD = 4.21) of children with ASD took part. Regression and mediation analyses showed that children’s internalizing difficulties, parental BAP and IU had a direct effect, and SS had an indirect effect through IU, on parental mental health. We did not find a significant relationship between parental mental health and children’s ASD severity. Our findings emphasise the need to focus on parental traits when considering their well-being and mental health, and have implications for the design of evidence-based services to support the needs of parents.
AB - The aim of this study was to explore the influence of parental intolerance of Uncertainty (IU), sensory sensitivity (SS) and Broader Autism Phenotype (BAP), as well as the severity of their children’s autism symptoms and co-morbid symptoms, on the mental health of Chinese parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). One hundred and twenty-two parents (86.9% mothers; M age = 35.64 years, SD = 4.21) of children with ASD took part. Regression and mediation analyses showed that children’s internalizing difficulties, parental BAP and IU had a direct effect, and SS had an indirect effect through IU, on parental mental health. We did not find a significant relationship between parental mental health and children’s ASD severity. Our findings emphasise the need to focus on parental traits when considering their well-being and mental health, and have implications for the design of evidence-based services to support the needs of parents.
KW - Autism
KW - Broader autism phenotype
KW - Intolerance of uncertainty
KW - Mental health
KW - Parents
KW - Sensory sensitivity
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85033465313
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-017-3364-1
DO - 10.1007/s10803-017-3364-1
M3 - 文章
C2 - 29127642
AN - SCOPUS:85033465313
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 48
SP - 1159
EP - 1168
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 4
ER -
