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Cynthia E. Brown; Lauren B. Quetsch; Lindsey S. Aloia; Stephen M. Kanne – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience difficulties related to aggression, disruptive behavior, and regulation of emotions that precipitate these behaviors (i.e., anger). The extent to which aggression, disruptive behaviors, and anger dysregulation are correlated with distinct or overlapping factors has not yet been explored.…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Psychological Patterns, Predictor Variables, Youth
Marija Ljubicic; Sonja Šare; Ivana Kolcic – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Background: Sleep deprivation can decrease parental well-being and degrade mental and physical health in parents of children with chronic illness. The aim of this study was to explore the associations of sleep quality, psychological stress perception, and evening salivary cortisol concentration with self-esteem, optimism and happiness in parents…
Descriptors: Sleep, Physiology, Developmental Disabilities, Diabetes
Adams, Haley C.; Zlomke, Kimberly R.; Rossetti, Kristina G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Female caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often report higher levels of psychological distress related to increased levels of caregiver strain, as well as frequency and severity of child problem behaviors (CPB). However, despite reported distress, caregivers have also reported benefits. A sample of n = 259 female caregivers…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Parenting Styles, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Females
Hampton, S.; Allison, C.; Baron-Cohen, S.; Holt, R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Qualitative accounts indicate there are sensory and communication related barriers to adequate childbirth and postnatal healthcare for autistic people. However, little quantitative work has explored the topic. This online survey study explored childbirth and postnatal experiences among 384 autistic and 492 non-autistic people. Compared with…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Control Groups, Experience, Birth
Tseng, Angela – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Autism-Assistance Dogs (AADs) are highly-skilled service animals trained primarily to ensure the safety of an autistic child by preventing elopement and mitigating 'meltdowns'. Although anecdotal accounts and case-studies have indicated that AADs confer benefits above and beyond safety, empirical support anchored in validated clinical, behavioral,…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Animals, Disabilities
Cheng, Sanyin; Yang, Yuqin; Deng, Meng – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This study mainly explored psychological stress caused by the COVID-19 among parents in developmental disabilities and how it was related to parents' views of school success in mainland China. The Psychological Stress Questionnaire and Views of Social and Academic Success were administered to 1919 parents of children with developmental…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables, Academic Achievement, Students with Disabilities
Meredith R. Maroney; Heidi M. Levitt; Sharon G. Horne – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This experimental study explored the use of online expressive writing interventions to cope with distress from heterosexist events among a sample of autistic-LBGQ + individuals. This study included an open writing condition and an emotion focused therapy guided writing condition. Over 89% of the participants indicated that the writing exercises…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sexual Orientation, Gender Bias
Lovell, Brian; Wetherell, Mark A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Caregivers of children with ASD often find benefits associated with their caregiving role, and benefit finding predicts lower distress. Child problematic behaviours (CPB), which positively predict caregivers' distress, are perceived to be being less problematic, or more manageable, by caregivers who find benefits. Benefit finding therefore might…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Caregivers
Blacher, Jan; Baker, Bruce L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Disruptive behavior disorders were assessed in 160 youth aged 13 years, with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, n = 48), intellectual disability (ID, n = 28), or typical development (TD, n = 84). Mothers' reported collateral effects on their psychological adjustment were related to both youth disability status and clinical level behavior disorders.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Stress Variables
Jackson, Scott L. J.; Hart, Logan; Brown, Jane Thierfeld; Volkmar, Fred R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Increasing numbers of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are enrolling in post-secondary academic institutions. However, research indicates that post-secondary students with ASD are struggling more than their typically developing peers, with high rates of loneliness, anxiety, depression, and an increased incidence of dropping-out…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Walton, Katherine M.; Ingersoll, Brooke R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
This study compared sibling adjustment and relationships in siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD-Sibs; n = 69) and siblings of children with typical development (TD-Sibs; n = 93). ASD-Sibs and TD-Sibs demonstrated similar emotional/behavioral adjustment. Older male ASD-Sibs were at increased risk for difficulties. Sibling…
Descriptors: Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Wang, Peishi; Michaels, Craig A.; Day, Matthew S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
Data from 368 families of children with autism and other developmental disabilities in the People's Republic of China were gathered to understand the stresses that families experience and the coping strategies they employ. Chinese families of children with developmental disabilities perceived high levels of stress related to pessimism, child…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Coping
Shyu, Yea-Ing Lotus; Tsai, Jia-Ling; Tsai, Wen-Che – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
Parental explanatory models about autism influence the type of therapy a child receives, the child's well-being, and the parents' own psychological adaptation. This qualitative study explored explanatory models used by parents of children with autism. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 parents of children with autism from a medical center…
Descriptors: Autism, Biomedicine, Foreign Countries, Educational Background
Benson, Paul R.; Karlof, Kristie L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
"Stress proliferation" (the tendency for stressors to create additional stressors) has been suggested as an important contributor to depression among caregivers. The present study utilized longitudinal data from 90 parents of children with ASD to replicate and extend a prior cross-sectional study on stress proliferation by Benson (J Autism Develop…
Descriptors: Autism, Caregivers, Parents, Severity (of Disability)