Parenting Stress and Child Behavior Problems in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Transactional Relations Across Time

This longitudinal study examined the transactional relations between parenting stress and both internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over 1.5 years using a cross-lagged panel analysis. Participants included 75 young children with AS...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2021-07, Vol.51 (7), p.2381-2391
Main Authors: Lin, Yun-Nung, Iao, Lai-Sang, Lee, Yu-Han, Wu, Chin-Chin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Autistic children
Behavior
Behavior Problems
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Behaviour disordered children
Child and School Psychology
Child Rearing
Children
Early intervention
Internalization
Internalizing disorders
Longitudinal studies
Neurosciences
Original Paper
Parent Attitudes
Parental stress
Parenting
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Predictor Variables
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Public Health
Social aspects
Stress Variables
Young Children
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Summary:This longitudinal study examined the transactional relations between parenting stress and both internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over 1.5 years using a cross-lagged panel analysis. Participants included 75 young children with ASD (Time 1; mean age = 25.68 months) and their parents. Parenting stress that was related to parent’s perceptions on child characteristics was found to predict externalizing behavioral problems in young children with ASD across two time points. However, behavioral problems in young children with ASD did not predict parenting stress. These findings provide implications for early intervention and family services for young children with ASD and their families.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-020-04720-z