Román-Oyola Rosa, Reynolds Stacey, Soto-Feliciano Ivonnellys, Cabrera-Mercader Laura, Vega-Santana Jessica
Rosa Román-Oyola, PhD, MEd, OTR/L, is Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Program, School of Health Professions, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan;
Stacey Reynolds, PhD, OTR/L, is Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
Am J Occup Ther. 2017 Mar/Apr;71(2):7102220010p1-7102220010p8. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2017.021097.
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may have difficulty engaging their children through play, thus affecting the parent-child relationship and parental self-efficacy. This study intended to examine children's sensory profile and adults' playfulness as predictors of parental self-efficacy. A total of 136 parents of children ages 3-7 yr completed the Short Sensory Profile, the Playfulness Scale for Adults, and the Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy. For the parental couples of children with ASD, the most relevant predictor of general parental self-efficacy was the child's sensory profile. However, adult playfulness resulted in the most relevant predictor of emotional parental self-efficacy. Findings suggest the importance of considering play as a relevant co-occupation that must be acknowledged when intervening with families of children with ASD and considering the child's sensory modulation abilities, as well as parents' playfulness and sense of self-efficacy, as potential outcomes when designing and evaluating treatment programs.
患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的家长可能难以通过玩耍与孩子互动，从而影响亲子关系和父母的自我效能感。本研究旨在考察儿童的感觉概况和成人的嬉戏性作为父母自我效能感的预测因素。共有136名3至7岁儿童的家长完成了《简短感觉概况》《成人嬉戏性量表》和《育儿自我效能感测量工具》。对于患有ASD儿童的父母双方而言，一般父母自我效能感最相关的预测因素是孩子的感觉概况。然而，成人的嬉戏性是情感方面父母自我效能感最相关的预测因素。研究结果表明，在对患有ASD儿童的家庭进行干预时，将玩耍视为一项必须予以认可的相关共同活动非常重要；在设计和评估治疗方案时，应将孩子的感觉调节能力以及父母的嬉戏性和自我效能感视为潜在结果。
