Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Times of COVID-19: Examining Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Parental Well-Being, and Resilience

This longitudinal study assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; n = 62; M(age) = 13 years) by measuring emotional and behavioral problems before and during the pandemic, and by comparing this change to a matched sample of children without ASD (n =...

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Autores principales: de Maat, Donna A., Van der Hallen, Ruth, de Nijs, Pieter F. A., Visser, Kirsten, Bastiaansen, Dennis, Truijens, Femke L., van Rijen, Elisabeth H. M., Ester, Wietske, Prinzie, Peter, Jansen, Pauline W., Dekker, Linda P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2023
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10201036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37213037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05846-y
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author de Maat, Donna A.
Van der Hallen, Ruth
de Nijs, Pieter F. A.
Visser, Kirsten
Bastiaansen, Dennis
Truijens, Femke L.
van Rijen, Elisabeth H. M.
Ester, Wietske
Prinzie, Peter
Jansen, Pauline W.
Dekker, Linda P.
author_facet de Maat, Donna A.
Van der Hallen, Ruth
de Nijs, Pieter F. A.
Visser, Kirsten
Bastiaansen, Dennis
Truijens, Femke L.
van Rijen, Elisabeth H. M.
Ester, Wietske
Prinzie, Peter
Jansen, Pauline W.
Dekker, Linda P.
author_sort de Maat, Donna A.
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description This longitudinal study assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; n = 62; M(age) = 13 years) by measuring emotional and behavioral problems before and during the pandemic, and by comparing this change to a matched sample of children without ASD (n = 213; M(age) = 16 years). Moreover, we examined whether indicators of parental well-being promoted resilience of children with ASD. Results showed that the mean change in problems did not differ between children with and without ASD. Importantly, some children showed an increase in problems, while others showed resilience. Parental well-being indicators were not related to resilience among children with ASD. The interindividual variability in responses, particularly among children with ASD, highlights the need for personalized support. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10803-022-05846-y.
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spelling pubmed-102010362023-05-23 Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Times of COVID-19: Examining Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Parental Well-Being, and Resilience de Maat, Donna A. Van der Hallen, Ruth de Nijs, Pieter F. A. Visser, Kirsten Bastiaansen, Dennis Truijens, Femke L. van Rijen, Elisabeth H. M. Ester, Wietske Prinzie, Peter Jansen, Pauline W. Dekker, Linda P. J Autism Dev Disord Brief Communication This longitudinal study assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; n = 62; M(age) = 13 years) by measuring emotional and behavioral problems before and during the pandemic, and by comparing this change to a matched sample of children without ASD (n = 213; M(age) = 16 years). Moreover, we examined whether indicators of parental well-being promoted resilience of children with ASD. Results showed that the mean change in problems did not differ between children with and without ASD. Importantly, some children showed an increase in problems, while others showed resilience. Parental well-being indicators were not related to resilience among children with ASD. The interindividual variability in responses, particularly among children with ASD, highlights the need for personalized support. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10803-022-05846-y. Springer US 2023-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10201036/ /pubmed/37213037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05846-y Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Brief Communication
de Maat, Donna A.
Van der Hallen, Ruth
de Nijs, Pieter F. A.
Visser, Kirsten
Bastiaansen, Dennis
Truijens, Femke L.
van Rijen, Elisabeth H. M.
Ester, Wietske
Prinzie, Peter
Jansen, Pauline W.
Dekker, Linda P.
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Times of COVID-19: Examining Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Parental Well-Being, and Resilience
title Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Times of COVID-19: Examining Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Parental Well-Being, and Resilience
title_full Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Times of COVID-19: Examining Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Parental Well-Being, and Resilience
title_fullStr Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Times of COVID-19: Examining Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Parental Well-Being, and Resilience
title_full_unstemmed Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Times of COVID-19: Examining Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Parental Well-Being, and Resilience
title_short Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Times of COVID-19: Examining Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Parental Well-Being, and Resilience
title_sort children with autism spectrum disorder in times of covid-19: examining emotional and behavioral problems, parental well-being, and resilience
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10201036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37213037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05846-y
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