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Alallawi, Barah, Hastings, Richard and Aabe, Nura (2022) Support needs and parent outcomes in Arab families of children with autism living in the United Kingdom. Brain sciences, 12 (8). 1114. doi:10.3390/brainsci12081114 ISSN 2076-3425.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081114
Abstract
Research on the experiences of Arab families of children with autism living in non-Arab countries is scarce. A survey investigated the support needs, psychological distress, and parental relationships of Arab parents (n = 100) of children with autism living in the United Kingdom (UK). The survey consisted of five main questionnaires: a demographic questionnaire, the GO4KIDDS Brief Adaptive Scale, the Family Needs Survey, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Descriptive analysis indicated that the most frequently identified support needs were information, community services, and explaining to others. Parents reported high levels of psychological distress, a high level of parental relationship satisfaction with their spouse, and few parental disagreements about their child with autism. Regression analyses showed that increased child behavior problems predicted more total family needs. Higher levels of child prosocial behavior, the better health status of parents, and a larger number of children in the family were associated with lower levels of parental psychological distress. A longer time living in the UK was associated with more parental disagreement over issues related to the child with ASD. Reducing child behavior problems and increasing child prosocial behavior may be important targets for support and intervention to improve outcomes for Arab parents of autistic children.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Autistic children , Autistic children -- Care, Parents of autistic children , Parents of autistic children -- Services for -- Great Britain | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Brain sciences | ||||||||
| Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2076-3425 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 22 August 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 12 | ||||||||
| Number: | 8 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 1114 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/brainsci12081114 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 September 2022 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 September 2022 | ||||||||
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