Cargando…

Parental Stress and Children’s Self-Regulation Problems in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Background: Increased parental stress is strongly related to the severity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptomatology. Parents’ coping strategies and social support issues add to the complexity of this relationship. Aim: The present study investigated the relationship between self-regulation sk...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Efstratopoulou, Maria, Sofologi, Maria, Giannoglou, Sofia, Bonti, Eleni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8788508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35076548
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10010004
_version_ 1784639581655662592
author Efstratopoulou, Maria
Sofologi, Maria
Giannoglou, Sofia
Bonti, Eleni
author_facet Efstratopoulou, Maria
Sofologi, Maria
Giannoglou, Sofia
Bonti, Eleni
author_sort Efstratopoulou, Maria
collection PubMed
description Background: Increased parental stress is strongly related to the severity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptomatology. Parents’ coping strategies and social support issues add to the complexity of this relationship. Aim: The present study investigated the relationship between self-regulation skills and parenting stress in parents of nonverbal children with ASD. Methods and procedure: The Parenting Stress Index–Short Form (PSI-SF) was administered to 75 families, and self-regulation scores on a Motor Behavior Checklist for children (MBC) were recorded by students’ class teachers (level of functioning-behavioral problems). In addition, interviews were conducted with a focus group of six parents (four mothers and two fathers) to explore the underline factors of parental stressin-depth. Results: Correlation analyses revealed that parenting stress was positively correlated with elevated scores on MBC children’s self-regulation subscale. On the other hand, parenting stress was negatively correlated with the level of social functional support reported. Qualitative data were analyzed using transcripts, revealing additional stressors for families and parents, and resulting in recommendations to overcome these factors. Conclusions and implications: Aiming at developing strategies to improve self-regulation skills in nonverbal children with ASD may be particularly important in reducing parental stress for families having nonverbal children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Parents’ stressors and suggestions during interviews are also discussed.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8788508
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-87885082022-01-26 Parental Stress and Children’s Self-Regulation Problems in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Efstratopoulou, Maria Sofologi, Maria Giannoglou, Sofia Bonti, Eleni J Intell Article Background: Increased parental stress is strongly related to the severity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptomatology. Parents’ coping strategies and social support issues add to the complexity of this relationship. Aim: The present study investigated the relationship between self-regulation skills and parenting stress in parents of nonverbal children with ASD. Methods and procedure: The Parenting Stress Index–Short Form (PSI-SF) was administered to 75 families, and self-regulation scores on a Motor Behavior Checklist for children (MBC) were recorded by students’ class teachers (level of functioning-behavioral problems). In addition, interviews were conducted with a focus group of six parents (four mothers and two fathers) to explore the underline factors of parental stressin-depth. Results: Correlation analyses revealed that parenting stress was positively correlated with elevated scores on MBC children’s self-regulation subscale. On the other hand, parenting stress was negatively correlated with the level of social functional support reported. Qualitative data were analyzed using transcripts, revealing additional stressors for families and parents, and resulting in recommendations to overcome these factors. Conclusions and implications: Aiming at developing strategies to improve self-regulation skills in nonverbal children with ASD may be particularly important in reducing parental stress for families having nonverbal children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Parents’ stressors and suggestions during interviews are also discussed. MDPI 2022-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8788508/ /pubmed/35076548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10010004 Text en © 2022 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
Efstratopoulou, Maria
Sofologi, Maria
Giannoglou, Sofia
Bonti, Eleni
Parental Stress and Children’s Self-Regulation Problems in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
title Parental Stress and Children’s Self-Regulation Problems in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
title_full Parental Stress and Children’s Self-Regulation Problems in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
title_fullStr Parental Stress and Children’s Self-Regulation Problems in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
title_full_unstemmed Parental Stress and Children’s Self-Regulation Problems in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
title_short Parental Stress and Children’s Self-Regulation Problems in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
title_sort parental stress and children’s self-regulation problems in families with children with autism spectrum disorder (asd)
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8788508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35076548
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10010004
work_keys_str_mv AT efstratopouloumaria parentalstressandchildrensselfregulationproblemsinfamilieswithchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderasd
AT sofologimaria parentalstressandchildrensselfregulationproblemsinfamilieswithchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderasd
AT giannoglousofia parentalstressandchildrensselfregulationproblemsinfamilieswithchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderasd
AT bontieleni parentalstressandchildrensselfregulationproblemsinfamilieswithchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorderasd