Zamora Irina, Harley Eliza K, Green Shulamite A, Smith Kathryn, Kipke Michele D
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA ; USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, MS No. 53, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, 3020 Children's Way, MC 5023, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.
Autism Res Treat. 2014;2014:721418. doi: 10.1155/2014/721418. Epub 2014 Dec 14.
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience higher levels of stress in comparison to parents of neurotypical children and consequently are more susceptible to negative health and social outcomes (Dunn et al., 2001). However, less is known about how individual child characteristics impact stress levels in parents of children with ASD. In this study, we examined the relationship between individual characteristics (i.e., sex) of children with ASD and parental stress. Access to comprehensive treatment services was also examined as a contributing factor to parental stress. Parenting stress was higher for parents of girls than for parents of boys, and for parents of girls (but not boys) fewer services predicted higher parental distress. Findings highlight the importance of providing parents of girls with ASD with more tailored support.
与神经发育正常儿童的父母相比，自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的父母承受着更高水平的压力，因此更容易出现负面的健康和社会结果（邓恩等人，2001年）。然而，关于个体儿童特征如何影响ASD儿童父母的压力水平，我们所知甚少。在本研究中，我们考察了ASD儿童的个体特征（即性别）与父母压力之间的关系。获得全面治疗服务也被视为父母压力的一个促成因素进行了考察。女孩父母的育儿压力高于男孩父母，对于女孩（而非男孩）的父母来说，获得的服务越少预示着父母的痛苦程度越高。研究结果凸显了为ASD女孩的父母提供更具针对性支持的重要性。
