Actual and perceived speedy diagnoses are associated with mothers’ unresolved reactions to a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder for a child
| Autor: | Ashleigh Giles, Shonagh White, Lisa A. Osborne, Phil Reed |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male 030506 rehabilitation Time Factors Adolescent Autism Spectrum Disorder Mothers Anxiety Affect (psychology) 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Medical diagnosis Child Depression (differential diagnoses) Depression 05 social sciences Parenting stress Middle Aged medicine.disease Autism spectrum disorder Clinical diagnosis Child Preschool Autism Female medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology Attitude to Health Stress Psychological 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Popis: | Reaction to a child’s diagnosis can strongly affect the parent, but little is known about the aspects of the diagnostic process associated with such reactions. The pre-diagnostic levels of anxiety, depression, and parenting stress of 67 volunteer mothers of children subsequently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder were assessed, along with the children’s functioning. The speed and number of professionals involved in the diagnosis were recorded, and mothers completed a post-diagnosis assessment of their perceptions of the process. Longer actual and perceived diagnosis speeds predicted resolved reactions to diagnosis. Mothers’ psychological states pre-diagnosis did not predict reactions to diagnosis. Providing a measured diagnostic process, and strong relationship with mothers, rather than aiming for speed alone, may well be more productive for the parent and child. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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