Parental quality of life, child adjustment and adult attachment in parents of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Autor: Musetti A; University of Parma Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, Parma, Italy. Electronic address: alessandro.musetti@unipr.it., Zagaria A; Sapienza University of Rome Department of Psychology, Roma, Italy., Pezzi M; University of Parma Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, Parma, Italy., Fante C; Institute for Educational Technologies, National Research Council, Genoa, Italy., Dioni B; University of Parma Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, Parma, Italy; Fondazione Bambini e Autismo Onlus, Pordenone, Italy., Raffin C; Fondazione Bambini e Autismo Onlus, Pordenone, Italy., Manari T; University of Parma Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, Parma, Italy., Lenzo V; University of Catania Department Educational Sciences, Catania, Italy., De Luca Picione R; Giustino Fortunato University, Benevento, Italy.
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Zdroj: Research in developmental disabilities [Res Dev Disabil] 2024 Mar; Vol. 146, pp. 104684. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 27.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104684
Abstrakt: Background: Parents of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may experience a lower quality of life (QoL) than parents of offspring with typical development. However, factors associated with parental QoL are not yet fully understood.
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between parental QoL, child adjustment and adult attachment among parents of children and adolescents with ASD.
Methods and Procedures: One hundred and eighty-eight parents of children and adolescents diagnosed with ASD completed a group of self-report questionnaires on sociodemographic variables, QoL (i.e., overall QoL and ASD symptoms-related parental QoL), child adjustment (i.e., offspring's total problems and prosocial behaviors) and adult attachment.
Outcomes and Results: Structural equation modeling revealed that the overall parental QoL was negatively related to children's total problems and positively associated with prosocial behaviors, as well as with higher levels of secure attachment and lower levels of fearful attachment styles. Additionally, ASD symptoms-related parental QoL was negatively associated with the offspring's total problems.
Conclusions and Implications: This suggests that child characteristics may interact with parental characteristics to either enhance or compromise the QoL of parents of children and adolescents with ASD. Implications of these findings for promoting parental QoL are discussed.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None
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