Accurate Diagnosis of the Syndrome in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Parents’ Resilience

Kavaliotis, Paschalis

doi:10.5539/jedp.v7n1p218

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“… 12 As well as it has been reported that caregivers of a child with ASD receive much less social support than families with typically developing child. 13 …”

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Being the Mother of a Special Child: Resilience and Marital Adjustment in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Güçlü,

Hürmeydan

2024

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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Background: This study aims to examine the levels and the relationship between resilience and marital adjustment in mothers of a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Methods: Seventy mothers with a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who have been followed up in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic of Bakırköy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry Neurology and Neurosurgery and 74 mothers with a typically developing child to form the control group were included in the study. The Childhood Autism Rating Scale was applied to assess the severity of autism symptoms in children. Sociodemographic form, Beck Depression Scale and Beck Anxiety Scale were applied. The Psychological Resilience Scale for Adults was used to assess resilience. The Marital Adjustment Scale was applied to evaluate the participants’ marital adjustment. Results: The level of resilience ( P < .001) and marital adjustment ( P = .002) in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder were found to be lower when compared to mothers with a typically developing child. There is a negative correlation between the level of resilience and the severity of autism ( P = .002) ( r = −0.361). A positive correlation was found between marital adjustment and resilience ( P < .001) ( r = 0.465). High levels of depressive symptoms ( P = .003), low marital adjustment ( P = .003), and low educational level were found to be predictive of low resilience ( P = .044). Conclusion: Taking advantage of the fact that resilience is a dynamic process, there is a need to develop strategies to increase resilience in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder, which will also give rise to individual and marital well-being.

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“… 12 As well as it has been reported that caregivers of a child with ASD receive much less social support than families with typically developing child. 13 …”

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confidence: 99%

Being the Mother of a Special Child: Resilience and Marital Adjustment in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Güçlü,

Hürmeydan

2024

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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“…In this study, it was observed that families with children with autism need more psychological support than families with a child of normal development, and their anxiety levels are high and their level of relational resilience is low, education and income differences do not differ in this context. Furthermore, Kavaliotis (2017) stated that autism is a much more serious syndrome than other disabilities and examined the resilience of parents with children with autism and emphasized the importance of social support. Social support is defined as the material and spiritual help provided by the individual in the environment facing a difficult situation.…”

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Examining Postgraduate Thesis Held with Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Turkey

Özçelik¹,

Bağlama

2021

RREM

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Aim of this study is to examine current research trends in postgraduate thesis carried out with families of children with autism spectrum disorder in Turkey. Document analysis as one of the qualitative research methods was used. The study included 70 open-access postgraduate theses obtained from the thesis archive of Higher Education Council (YOK) of Turkey between 2015-2019. Theses included in the research were analyzed using thesis analysis form prepared by the researchers. In the prepared form, theses were examined according to year, level of thesis, university, institute, department, title of thesis supervisor, research model, participant and number of participants, data collection tool and data analysis method. The results obtained within the framework of the investigation were interpreted with percentage and frequency tables and recommendations were presented for future research.

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Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Resiliency in Iranian Families with Autistic Children

Hosseini

Shirzad

Ahmadzad-Asl

et al. 2022

J Adv Med Biomed Res

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10.30699/jambs.30. 139.123 Background & Objective: Caring for children with autism is associated with parental stress and puts them at risk for depression and anxiety. Increasing resilience may help reduce the parents' stress. The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between resilience and anxiety, depression, and stress in families with autistic children in 2018. Materials & Methods:In this cross-sectional study, 137 members of the target families were selected randomly. The cases were surveyed based on the family resilience scale and DASS-21 questionnaire with the checklist of demographics variables. The collected data were analyzed by the MS Excel and SPSS V.22 software.Results: There was no significant correlation between age/gender and resilience, but depression and anxiety was related to the level of resiliency. Income and history of mental illness had significant associations with depression. The family size, educational level, income, and history of mental illness had a significant effect on anxiety. The level of education, income, history of mental illness and gender had statistically significant associations with the level of stress among individuals. Conclusion:Based on the results of this study, family resilience is the factor that directly correlates with the level of depression, anxiety and stress among the family members of the autistic children. It is therefore advisable to increase this ability of individuals in various ways, such as training, counseling and supporting groups.

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Accurate Diagnosis of the Syndrome in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Parents’ Resilience

Cited by 3 publications

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Being the Mother of a Special Child: Resilience and Marital Adjustment in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Being the Mother of a Special Child: Resilience and Marital Adjustment in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Examining Postgraduate Thesis Held with Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Turkey

Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Resiliency in Iranian Families with Autistic Children

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