Rezendes Debra L, Scarpa Angela
Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0002, USA.
Autism Res Treat. 2011;2011:395190. doi: 10.1155/2011/395190. Epub 2011 Dec 13.
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have been shown to experience increases in stress, depression, and anxiety, which are also associated with child behavior problems related to ASDs. Literature-examining potential mechanisms that underlie the relationship of child behavior problems and parental anxiety/depression in this population are scarce. The current study sought to examine the roles of parenting stress and parenting self-efficacy as mediators between child behavior problems and parental anxiety/depression. Using a sample of 134 mothers, these potential mediators were tested. Hypotheses were supported, indicating that parenting stress mediated the relationship between child behavior problems and decreased parenting self-efficacy, and decreased parenting self-efficacy in turn partially mediated the relationship between parenting stress and increased depression/anxiety.
患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的父母已被证明压力、抑郁和焦虑有所增加，这些也与ASD相关的儿童行为问题有关。研究该人群中儿童行为问题与父母焦虑/抑郁关系潜在机制的文献很少。当前研究旨在检验养育压力和养育自我效能感作为儿童行为问题与父母焦虑/抑郁之间中介变量的作用。使用134名母亲的样本对这些潜在中介变量进行了测试。研究假设得到支持，表明养育压力介导了儿童行为问题与养育自我效能感降低之间的关系，而养育自我效能感降低反过来又部分介导了养育压力与抑郁/焦虑增加之间的关系。
