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Child behavior problems and parental well-being in families of children with autism : the mediating role of mindfulness and acceptance
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Jones, Leah, Hastings, Richard P., Totsika, Vasiliki, Keane, Lisa and Rhule, Neisha (2014) Child behavior problems and parental well-being in families of children with autism : the mediating role of mindfulness and acceptance. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Volume 119 (Number 2). pp. 171-185. doi:10.1352/1944-7558-119.2.171 ISSN 1944-7515.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558-119.2.171
Abstract
Few research studies have explored how the level of a child's behavior problems leads to psychological distress in parents of children with autism. The authors explored whether psychological acceptance and mindfulness mediated this relationship between child behavior and parental distress. Seventy-one mothers and 39 fathers of children with autism participated, by reporting on their own positive and negative psychological well-being and their child's behavior problems. Psychological acceptance was found to act as a mediator variable for maternal anxiety, depression, and stress, and for paternal depression. General mindfulness and mindful parenting had significant mediation effects for maternal anxiety, depression, and stress. These results contribute to evidence that mindfulness and acceptance may be important parental psychological processes, with implications for parent support.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Parents of autistic children -- Psychology, Autistic children -- Behavior, Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||||
Publisher: | American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1944-7515 | ||||||||
Official Date: | March 2014 | ||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 119 | ||||||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 171-185 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1352/1944-7558-119.2.171 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 December 2015 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 December 2015 |
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