Shnitzer-Meirovich Shlomit, Aviad Shani, Bechar-Katz Inbal, Araten-Bergman Tal, Shenaar-Golan Vered, Gur Ayelet
The Academic College Levinski-Wingate, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sports, and Living with Disability Research Centre College of Science, Health & Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Front Psychol. 2024 Nov 25;15:1439384. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1439384. eCollection 2024.
Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) face heightened challenges during crises like war, leading to parental burnout (PB). Wartime demands may exacerbate the children's behavioral difficulties, which associated with PB. Successful emotional regulation (ER) is considered a protective factor for PB. This study aimed to explore the associations between the child behavioral problems, parent's ER difficulties and PB among parents of children ASD during wartime.
92 parents completed demographic, Parental Burnout, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, and Child Aberrant Behavior questionnaires. In addition, 18 parents of children with ASD aged 6-21 were semi-interviewed.
During wartime, child behavioral problems and parents' ER difficulties were positively correlated with PB, contributing beyond background characteristics and other changes following the war. Parent ER difficulties serve as a mediation variable and did not function as a moderation variable between child behavioral problems and PB.
This study emphasizes the increased vulnerability of parents of children with ASD during wartime, highlighting the need for a deeper understanding of how these circumstances affect parental risk and resources. Effective interventions should target emotional regulation and address child behavioral issues, necessitating prioritized support for affected families despite wartime challenges.
自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的父母在战争等危机期间面临更大的挑战，导致父母倦怠（PB）。战时需求可能会加剧儿童的行为问题，而这些问题与父母倦怠相关。成功的情绪调节（ER）被认为是预防父母倦怠的一个保护因素。本研究旨在探讨战时ASD儿童父母中儿童行为问题、父母情绪调节困难与父母倦怠之间的关联。
92名父母完成了人口统计学、父母倦怠、情绪调节困难和儿童异常行为问卷。此外，对18名6至21岁ASD儿童的父母进行了半结构化访谈。
在战时，儿童行为问题和父母的情绪调节困难与父母倦怠呈正相关，这一关联超出了背景特征以及战后的其他变化。父母的情绪调节困难起到了中介变量的作用，而在儿童行为问题和父母倦怠之间并未起到调节变量的作用。
本研究强调了战时ASD儿童父母的脆弱性增加，突出了深入了解这些情况如何影响父母的风险和资源的必要性。有效的干预措施应针对情绪调节并解决儿童行为问题，尽管面临战时挑战，但仍需要优先支持受影响的家庭。
