Subjective Quality of Life for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Croatia

Benjak, Tomislav

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“…One study reported insufficient statistical power to compare parental coping strategies based on the single versus coupled household status (Twoy, Connolly, & Novak, 2007). Some studies have used the household status in their statistical analyses (Benjak, 2011;Bromley et al, 2004;Reed, Sejunaite, & Osborne, 2016). For example, one study that compared subjective QoL between parents of children with ASD and parents of children without a disability in Croatia conducted a logistic regression analysis with an independent variable of single versus coupled household status (Benjak, 2011).…”

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“…Some studies have used the household status in their statistical analyses (Benjak, 2011;Bromley et al, 2004;Reed, Sejunaite, & Osborne, 2016). For example, one study that compared subjective QoL between parents of children with ASD and parents of children without a disability in Croatia conducted a logistic regression analysis with an independent variable of single versus coupled household status (Benjak, 2011). However, the focus of the previous studies that used the variable of the household status was not to investigate the parental experiences due to single versus coupled household status.…”

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Quality of Life, Coping Styles, Stress Levels, and Time Use in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Comparing Single Versus Coupled Households

McAuliffe

Cordier

Vaz

et al. 2017

J Autism Dev Disord

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This study aimed to examine the influence of differences in household status on the parental stress, coping, time use and quality of life (QoL) among mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders. Forty-three single and 164 coupled mothers completed the survey. Data were analysed using multivariate logistic regression. We found that single mothers were 1.05 times more likely to report lower levels of environmental QoL. Whilst they were 1.73 times more likely to use acceptance coping style, this association did not persist after adjusting for total number of children, household income and employment status. There was no difference in time use and stress between these mothers. Possible environmental issues for single mothers and implications for future research are discussed.

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Quality of Life, Coping Styles, Stress Levels, and Time Use in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Comparing Single Versus Coupled Households

McAuliffe

Cordier

Vaz

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J Autism Dev Disord

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“…It is believed that the parents of children with autistic spectrum disorders, due to the characteristics of the disorder itself, are exposed to particularly high level of stress, and it is assumed that their perception of the quality of life will be lower. A group of Swedish authors came to the conclusion that mothers of children with autism have a lower perception of quality of life in the domain of health (12), while the Croatian sample study showed that the quality of life of parents of autistic children is lower in all domains (13). In addition, because of the numerous treatments, parents of children with autism have more financial problems, which further contributes to the level of stress (14).…”

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“…Based on previous research, assumed is the following: -Negative emotional states such as depression, stress and anxiety are more expressed in parents of children with autism (2-5) -Negative emotional states are more expressed in mothers than in fathers of children with autistic spectrum disorders (2); -Parents of children with autism, compared to parents of typically developing children, have lower levels of perceived quality of life (12,13).…”

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Negative Emotional States and Quality of Life in Parents of Children With Autstic Spectrum Disorder

Spremo¹,

Marković-Basara²,

Vaselić³

et al. 2017

Child and Adolescence Psychiatry and Psychology in Bosnia and Herzegovina-State and Perspectives

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Prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders is constantly increasing. Considering the lack of institutionalized support for guardians, it has been noticed that parents of children with ASD more often experience negative emotional states, such as depression, anxiety and stress, and perceive their quality of life to be lower than the parents of typically developing children. The aim of our research was to compare the level of depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life in parents of children with ASD and parents of children without developmental difficulties. The research was quantitative, a socio-demographic questionnaire was used, as well as DASS-21 and WHOQOL scales. There were 78 participants, of which 39 parents of children with ASD (members of "Djeca svjetlosti" Banja Luka and EDUS Sarajevo), and 39 parents of children without developmental difficulties. F-test was used for comparison of results in the depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life scales between the two groups. It was found that there were statistically significant differences in the level of depression (F=3.72, p<.01), anxiety (F=4.51, p<.01) and stress (F=3.47, p<.01), in a way that negative emotion levels were higher in parents of children with autistic spectrum disorder. As far as the perceived quality of life is concerned, the only statistically significant difference was found in the domain of psychological health (F=-3.22, p<.01), in the way that the parents of typically developing children had higher level of perceived satisfaction in this domain.Child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology in Bosnia and Herzegovina-state and perspectives Mira Spremo et al.: Emotional states in parents of PDD childrenRecommendations made on the basis of these results are that mental health professionals should be educated for work with emotional problems affecting parents of children with autistic spectrum disorders, in order to make treatment be more comprehensive and efficient.

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“…There is no documented information about the prevalence of PDDs in our research location. The above raising of the PDDs prevalence, as well as the improvement of community living for people with disabilities over the last decades, has made family the main axis of support to the member with intellectual disabilities (Benjak, 2011).…”

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Investigation of Quality of Life Determinants Among Mothers of Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders in Iran

Mahani

Rostami

Nejad

2013

Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Objective/Background The objective of the study was to examine the association between socio-economic status (SES), marital satisfaction, and subtypes of pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) with quality of life (QOL) in mothers of children with PDDs. Methods The study was conducted using a convenience sample of 210 mothers of children with PDDs. Data were collected using the World Health Organization QOL-BREF, Index of Marital Satisfaction, and SES Questionnaires. Data analysis was done by analysis of variance and multivariate analysis of variance tests. Results The findings of the study showed that SES is associated strongly with the environmental domain (p < .001, r2 = .421), marital satisfaction with the social domain (p < .001, r2 = .394), and PDDs’ subtype with the psychological domain (p < .001, r2 = .283). Mothers of children with autistic disorder subtype reported lower QOL in all domains compared with other subtypes (p < .05). Conclusion The determinants such as SES, marital satisfaction, and subtypes of PDDs have an important influence on QOL of mothers of children with PDDs. Further investigation in this regard is warranted.

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Subjective Quality of Life for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Croatia

Cited by 31 publications

References 30 publications

Quality of Life, Coping Styles, Stress Levels, and Time Use in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Comparing Single Versus Coupled Households

Quality of Life, Coping Styles, Stress Levels, and Time Use in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Comparing Single Versus Coupled Households

Negative Emotional States and Quality of Life in Parents of Children With Autstic Spectrum Disorder

Investigation of Quality of Life Determinants Among Mothers of Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders in Iran

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