Examination of bidirectional relationships between parent stress and two types of problem behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder

Anat Zaidman-Zait; Pat Mirenda; Eric Duku; Peter Szatmari; Stelios Georgiades; Joanne Volden; Lonnie Zwaigenbaum; Tracy Vaillancourt; Susan Bryson; Isabel Smith; Eric Fombonne; Wendy Roberts; Charlotte Waddell; Ann Thompson

doi:10.1007/s10803-014-2064-3

Examination of bidirectional relationships between parent stress and two types of problem behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder

Anat Zaidman-Zait, Pat Mirenda, Eric Duku, Peter Szatmari, Stelios Georgiades, Joanne Volden, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Tracy Vaillancourt, Susan Bryson, Isabel Smith, Eric Fombonne, Wendy Roberts, Charlotte Waddell, Ann Thompson

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Path analysis within a structural equation modeling framework was employed to examine the relationships between two types of parent stress and children's externalizing and internalizing behaviors over a 4-year period, in a sample of 184 mothers of young children with autism spectrum disorder. Parent stress was measured with the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form and child behavior was measured with Child Behavior Checklist/1.5-5. Across all time points, parent general distress predicted both types of child behaviors, but not vice versa. In addition, there was modest evidence of a bidirectional relationship between parenting distress and both types of child behaviors from 12 months post-diagnosis to age 6. Results are compared to previous work in this area, with implications for early intervention.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1908-1917
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Volume	44
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2064-3
State	Published - Aug 2014

Keywords

Autism spectrum disorder
Externalizing behavior
Internalizing behavior
Parenting stress

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Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Zaidman-Zait, A., Mirenda, P., Duku, E., Szatmari, P., Georgiades, S., Volden, J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Vaillancourt, T., Bryson, S., Smith, I., Fombonne, E., Roberts, W., Waddell, C., & Thompson, A. (2014). Examination of bidirectional relationships between parent stress and two types of problem behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 44(8), 1908-1917. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2064-3

Zaidman-Zait, A, Mirenda, P, Duku, E, Szatmari, P, Georgiades, S, Volden, J, Zwaigenbaum, L, Vaillancourt, T, Bryson, S, Smith, I, Fombonne, E, Roberts, W, Waddell, C & Thompson, A 2014, 'Examination of bidirectional relationships between parent stress and two types of problem behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder', Journal of autism and developmental disorders, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1908-1917. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2064-3

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