Relación Entre Estrés Parental Y Habilidades Lingüísticas en Niños Con Tea

Abstract

The objectives of this study were: 1) Compare the perceived parental stress between a group of parents of children with ASD and a group of parents of children with typical development. The rest of the objectives are focused on the analysis of the ASD group.2) Compare the perceived parental stress between the parents of the ASD children with language and the parents of the ASD children without language. 3) Analyze the relationship between the perceived parental stress and the child's receptive linguistic skills. 4) Analyze the relationship between the perceived parental stress and the child's expressive linguistic skills. The Parenting Stress Index scale (the child domain) was used to evaluate the parental stress. The main results obtained were: 1) Parental stress in the parents of ASD children was higher than in the parents of the children with typical development. 2) There was no significant difference on the perceived parental stress between the parents of ASD children with and without language. 3) Parental stress showed a statistically significant relation with some of the evaluated variables, both receptive and expressive language. Thus, the child' limitations on language skills were linked to a higher parental stress in the child domain, particularly the one obtained in the Acceptability subscale, relative to the parental expectations about the child's capacities. This result is discussed in the context of the importance that our culture gives to the achievement motivation and the possible connection of this with parental stress.Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder, expressive language, parental stress, receptive language. RESUMENLos objetivos de este estudio fueron: 1) Comparar el estrés parental percibido entre un grupo de padres de niños con TEA y un grupo de padres de niños de desarrollo típico. El resto de objetivos se centraron en el análisis del grupo con TEA. 2) Comparar el estrés parental percibido entre los padres de niños TEA con lenguaje y los padres de niños TEA sin lenguaje. 3) Analizar la relación entre el estrés parental percibido y las habilidades lingüísticas receptivas del niño. 4) Analizar la relación entre el estrés parental percibido y las habilidades lingüísticas expresivas del niño. Para evaluar el estrés parental se utilizó la escala Parenting Stress Index (dominio del niño). Los principales resultados obtenidos