Du Xiaoyan, Su Xiangdan, Ding Dandan, Zhu Yiru, Sun Yongrong, Wang Miaomiao, Xiao Yang, Xu Haiping
Department of Child Development and Behavior, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2025 Jul 21;16:1613340. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1613340. eCollection 2025.
The present research was conducted to examine whether family functioning is related to affiliate stigma in Chinese caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and how positive aspects of caregiving affect this relationship.
Two hundred and six caregivers of children with ASD were investigated using the Family APGAR scale, the Affiliate Stigma scale, and the Chinese version of the Positive Aspects of Caregiving scale. The statistical methods of Pearson correlation analysis and mediation effect analysis were used to statistically analyze the relationship between family functioning, affiliate stigma and positive aspects of caregiving.
The results indicated that family functioning and positive aspects of caregiving were negatively associated with affiliate stigma and that family functioning was positively correlated with positive aspects of caregiving. Furthermore, positive aspects of caregiving partially mediated family functioning and affiliate stigma.
These findings suggest that family functioning can directly influence the affiliate stigma of caregivers of children with ASD and indirectly influence affiliate stigma through positive aspects of caregiving.
本研究旨在探讨自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的中国照料者的家庭功能是否与关联污名有关，以及照料的积极方面如何影响这种关系。
使用家庭APGAR量表、关联污名量表和中文版照料积极方面量表对206名ASD儿童的照料者进行调查。采用Pearson相关分析和中介效应分析的统计方法，对家庭功能、关联污名和照料积极方面之间的关系进行统计分析。
结果表明，家庭功能和照料的积极方面与关联污名呈负相关，家庭功能与照料的积极方面呈正相关。此外，照料的积极方面部分中介了家庭功能和关联污名。
这些发现表明，家庭功能可以直接影响ASD儿童照料者的关联污名，并通过照料的积极方面间接影响关联污名。
