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Support Needs and Parent Outcomes in Arab Families of Children with Autism Living in the United Kingdom
Research on the experiences of Arab families of children with autism living in non-Arab countries is scarce. A survey investigated the support needs, psychological distress, and parental relationships of Arab parents (n = 100) of children with autism living in the United Kingdom (UK). The survey con...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9405880/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36009177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081114 |
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description | Research on the experiences of Arab families of children with autism living in non-Arab countries is scarce. A survey investigated the support needs, psychological distress, and parental relationships of Arab parents (n = 100) of children with autism living in the United Kingdom (UK). The survey consisted of five main questionnaires: a demographic questionnaire, the GO4KIDDS Brief Adaptive Scale, the Family Needs Survey, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Descriptive analysis indicated that the most frequently identified support needs were information, community services, and explaining to others. Parents reported high levels of psychological distress, a high level of parental relationship satisfaction with their spouse, and few parental disagreements about their child with autism. Regression analyses showed that increased child behavior problems predicted more total family needs. Higher levels of child prosocial behavior, the better health status of parents, and a larger number of children in the family were associated with lower levels of parental psychological distress. A longer time living in the UK was associated with more parental disagreement over issues related to the child with ASD. Reducing child behavior problems and increasing child prosocial behavior may be important targets for support and intervention to improve outcomes for Arab parents of autistic children. |
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spelling | pubmed-94058802022-08-26 Support Needs and Parent Outcomes in Arab Families of Children with Autism Living in the United Kingdom Alallawi, Barah Hastings, Richard Aabe, Nura Brain Sci Article Research on the experiences of Arab families of children with autism living in non-Arab countries is scarce. A survey investigated the support needs, psychological distress, and parental relationships of Arab parents (n = 100) of children with autism living in the United Kingdom (UK). The survey consisted of five main questionnaires: a demographic questionnaire, the GO4KIDDS Brief Adaptive Scale, the Family Needs Survey, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Descriptive analysis indicated that the most frequently identified support needs were information, community services, and explaining to others. Parents reported high levels of psychological distress, a high level of parental relationship satisfaction with their spouse, and few parental disagreements about their child with autism. Regression analyses showed that increased child behavior problems predicted more total family needs. Higher levels of child prosocial behavior, the better health status of parents, and a larger number of children in the family were associated with lower levels of parental psychological distress. A longer time living in the UK was associated with more parental disagreement over issues related to the child with ASD. Reducing child behavior problems and increasing child prosocial behavior may be important targets for support and intervention to improve outcomes for Arab parents of autistic children. MDPI 2022-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9405880/ /pubmed/36009177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081114 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 Alallawi, Barah Hastings, Richard Aabe, Nura Support Needs and Parent Outcomes in Arab Families of Children with Autism Living in the United Kingdom |
title | Support Needs and Parent Outcomes in Arab Families of Children with Autism Living in the United Kingdom |
title_full | Support Needs and Parent Outcomes in Arab Families of Children with Autism Living in the United Kingdom |
title_fullStr | Support Needs and Parent Outcomes in Arab Families of Children with Autism Living in the United Kingdom |
title_full_unstemmed | Support Needs and Parent Outcomes in Arab Families of Children with Autism Living in the United Kingdom |
title_short | Support Needs and Parent Outcomes in Arab Families of Children with Autism Living in the United Kingdom |
title_sort | support needs and parent outcomes in arab families of children with autism living in the united kingdom |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9405880/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36009177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081114 |
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