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Perceptions of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Etiology among Parents of Children with ASD
Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social communication deficits and restricted or repetitive behaviors. Parental perceptions of the etiology of their child’s ASD can affect provider–client relationships, bonding between parents and their chi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297016/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34202481 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136774 |
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author | Chen, Wei-Ju Zhang, Zihan Wang, Haocen Tseng, Tung-Sung Ma, Ping Chen, Lei-Shih |
author_facet | Chen, Wei-Ju Zhang, Zihan Wang, Haocen Tseng, Tung-Sung Ma, Ping Chen, Lei-Shih |
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description | Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social communication deficits and restricted or repetitive behaviors. Parental perceptions of the etiology of their child’s ASD can affect provider–client relationships, bonding between parents and their children, and the prognosis, treatment, and management of children with ASD. Thus, this study sought to examine the perceptions of ASD etiology of parents of children with ASD. Methods: Forty-two parents of children diagnosed with ASD were recruited across Texas. Semi-structured interviews were conducted individually. All interviews were recorded and later transcribed verbatim for content analysis utilizing NVivo 12.0 (QSR International, Doncaster, Australia). Results: The content analysis identified the following themes regarding parental perceptions of ASD etiology: Genetic factors (40.5%), environmental factors (31.0%), problems that occurred during pregnancy or delivery (23.8%), vaccinations (16.7%), other health problems (7.1%), parental age at the time of pregnancy (4.8%), and spiritual or religious factors (2.4%). Conclusions: The parental perceptions of ASD etiology were diverse, but several views, such as vaccinations and spiritual or religious factors, were not based on scientific evidence. Health professionals and researchers can use these findings to develop and provide targeted education to parents who have children with ASD. Our findings also support policymakers in developing campaigns designed to increase parental ASD awareness and knowledge. |
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spelling | pubmed-82970162021-07-23 Perceptions of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Etiology among Parents of Children with ASD Chen, Wei-Ju Zhang, Zihan Wang, Haocen Tseng, Tung-Sung Ma, Ping Chen, Lei-Shih Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social communication deficits and restricted or repetitive behaviors. Parental perceptions of the etiology of their child’s ASD can affect provider–client relationships, bonding between parents and their children, and the prognosis, treatment, and management of children with ASD. Thus, this study sought to examine the perceptions of ASD etiology of parents of children with ASD. Methods: Forty-two parents of children diagnosed with ASD were recruited across Texas. Semi-structured interviews were conducted individually. All interviews were recorded and later transcribed verbatim for content analysis utilizing NVivo 12.0 (QSR International, Doncaster, Australia). Results: The content analysis identified the following themes regarding parental perceptions of ASD etiology: Genetic factors (40.5%), environmental factors (31.0%), problems that occurred during pregnancy or delivery (23.8%), vaccinations (16.7%), other health problems (7.1%), parental age at the time of pregnancy (4.8%), and spiritual or religious factors (2.4%). Conclusions: The parental perceptions of ASD etiology were diverse, but several views, such as vaccinations and spiritual or religious factors, were not based on scientific evidence. Health professionals and researchers can use these findings to develop and provide targeted education to parents who have children with ASD. Our findings also support policymakers in developing campaigns designed to increase parental ASD awareness and knowledge. MDPI 2021-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8297016/ /pubmed/34202481 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136774 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chen, Wei-Ju Zhang, Zihan Wang, Haocen Tseng, Tung-Sung Ma, Ping Chen, Lei-Shih Perceptions of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Etiology among Parents of Children with ASD |
title | Perceptions of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Etiology among Parents of Children with ASD |
title_full | Perceptions of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Etiology among Parents of Children with ASD |
title_fullStr | Perceptions of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Etiology among Parents of Children with ASD |
title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Etiology among Parents of Children with ASD |
title_short | Perceptions of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Etiology among Parents of Children with ASD |
title_sort | perceptions of autism spectrum disorder (asd) etiology among parents of children with asd |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297016/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34202481 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136774 |
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