Kremen School of Education and Human Development, Department of Literacy, Early, Bilingual and Special Education, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Autism Res. 2023 Aug;16(8):1527-1532. doi: 10.1002/aur.2998. Epub 2023 Jul 31.
Parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), including autism, experience stress in part due to child and parent characteristics. Although there is significant research about the correlates of parent stress, less is known about stress among Latino/a parents of children with IDD. The purpose of this study was to explore the correlates of empowerment, type of disability, stress, and special education knowledge among 61 Latino/a parents of children with IDD. Findings revealed a positive, significant correlation between empowerment and special education knowledge. Parents of children with autism reported significantly greater special education knowledge and stress. Implications for the future research including the need for longitudinal research are discussed.
智力和发育障碍(IDD)儿童的家长,包括自闭症儿童的家长,由于孩子和家长的特点,会感到压力。尽管有大量关于父母压力相关因素的研究,但对于拉丁裔/美籍 IDD 儿童家长的压力知之甚少。本研究的目的是探讨 61 名拉丁裔/美籍 IDD 儿童家长的赋权、残疾类型、压力和特殊教育知识之间的相关性。研究结果显示,赋权与特殊教育知识之间存在正相关。自闭症儿童的家长报告称,他们的特殊教育知识和压力显著更大。讨论了对未来研究的启示,包括对纵向研究的需求。