1. Association between perceived social support of parents and emotional/behavioral problems in children with ASD: A chain mediation model.
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Lu, Minghui, Chen, Jiawei, He, Wanting, Pang, Feifan, and Zou, Yuqing
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BEHAVIOR disorders in children , *SOCIAL support , *CHILDREN with autism spectrum disorders , *ACUTE stress disorder , *PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience , *PARENTS , *PARENTING - Abstract
Background: Parental psychosocial factors are associated with emotional/behavioral problems in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but studies investigating their relationships are limited.Aims: To explore the relationships between parents' perceived social support, parental resilience, parenting self-efficacy, and emotional/behavioral problems in children with ASD, and the mechanism underlying these relationships.Method: The participants were 289 parents of children with ASD (including fathers and mothers) in China. A survey comprising the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Resilience Scale, Parenting Sense of Competence Scale, and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire was administered.Results: (1) Parents' perceived social support, parental resilience, and parenting self-efficacy were significantly associated with emotional/behavioral problems in children with ASD; (2) parental resilience and parenting self-efficacy were found to play a chain-mediating role in the association between perceived social support of parents and emotional/behavioral problems in children with ASD.Conclusion: It is crucial to improve parents' perceived social support, parental resilience, and parenting self-efficacy to reduce emotional/behavioral problems in children with ASD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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