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Abstract
Parenting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is often a challenging experience. Parents of these children commonly experience high levels of stress and poor mental health. This study aimed to assess parenting styles, parental stress, and quality of life among caregivers of children with autism and compare them to caregivers of children without autism.
A total of 61 caregivers of children with autism and 63 caregivers of children without autism participated in the study. All participants completed questionnaires assessing their parenting style, parental stress, and quality of life. Among the 124 caregivers, those caring for children with autism reported significantly lower scores for affectionate parenting and higher scores for permissive parenting compared to caregivers of children without autism (p = .01 and p = .02, respectively). In addition, caregivers of children with autism reported significantly higher levels of parental stress (p < .001) and lower quality of life.
The results also showed moderate correlations between parental stress and various parenting styles: lower permissive parenting, higher authoritarian parenting, and higher permissive parenting. Furthermore, negative correlations were found between the quality of life of caregivers of children with autism and certain parenting styles, including authoritarian and permissive approaches.
These findings suggest that promoting appropriate parenting styles and supporting caregivers in managing parenting-related stress could improve the quality of life for those caring for children with autism.
Keywords
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Caregiver, Child / Children, Parental Stress, Parenting Style, Quality of Life (QoL)
Author
Naruporn Likitweerawong
Nongluck Boonchuduang
Orrawan Lohtreenu
Methods: Quantitative study
Journal International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
Year: 2566
For more information please click: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1034912X.2020.1837354
