Psychological Care Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
Maimónedes Institute of Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
Brain Behav. 2022 Aug;12(8):e2701. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2701. Epub 2022 Jul 14.
The aim of this article is to determine whether there are differences in the coping strategies of parents of children with disabilities (autism spectrum disorder or other disabilities) and children without disabilities, in reference to the most stressful situation they have experienced with their child in the last year.
To conduct the study, a purposive sample selection based on case-control characteristics was carried out, in which a total sample of 170 participants was recruited. Participants were assigned, according to their characteristics, to the group of parents of children without disabilities, with ASD or with other disabilities. An ad hoc sociodemographic questionnaire and the Coping Responses Inventory for adults were administered.
The results obtained indicate that there are differences in the use of coping strategies between parents of children without disabilities and with disabilities but not between the two disability groups. Parents of children with disabilities have significantly higher scores on the four subscales defined as avoidance strategies, and on one subscale identified as an approach strategy.
Parents of children with disabilities use avoidance strategies, to a greater extent, during the most stressful situations they have experienced in the last year with their child. In addition, they tend to use avoidance strategies regardless of the type of disability their child has.
本文旨在确定残疾儿童（自闭症谱系障碍或其他残疾）和无残疾儿童的父母在应对其子女在过去一年中经历的最具压力的情况时，其应对策略是否存在差异。
为了进行这项研究，采用了基于病例对照特征的目的性抽样选择，共招募了 170 名参与者。根据其特征，参与者被分配到无残疾儿童、自闭症谱系障碍儿童或其他残疾儿童的父母组。还使用了一份特定的社会人口学问卷和成人应对反应量表。
所得结果表明，无残疾儿童和残疾儿童的父母在应对策略的使用上存在差异，但残疾儿童的两个组别之间没有差异。有残疾儿童的父母在四个被定义为回避策略的子量表和一个被定义为趋近策略的子量表上的得分明显更高。
残疾儿童的父母在过去一年中与子女经历的最具压力的情况下，更倾向于使用回避策略。此外，无论其子女的残疾类型如何，他们都倾向于使用回避策略。
