Maternal Adaptation to Autism Spectrum Disorder: Relationships between Beliefs, Feelings and Psychosocial Factors
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2015.4.18480Keywords:
Autism, Mother-child interaction, Psychosocial factors, Case study.Abstract
The beliefs and feelings associated with the development of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) play an important part in maternal adaptation. However, these factors are not always comprehended based on associated psychosocial aspects. Objective: to investigate the beliefs and feelings of mothers of ASD children, associating them to various psychosocial factors based on Bradford’s biopsychosocial metamodel. Boundaries: transversal and exploratory study of multiple cases. Participants: four mothers (aged 38 to 45 years) of ASD boys (ages between 3 years and 5 months and 6 years and 9 months). Instruments: Maternal Perception of Child Interview, Demographic Data and Child Development Interview, Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Results: mothers’ beliefs about child development, ability to indentify children’s skills and their own sense of auto-efficiency are related to many psychosocial factors: perception of intra and extra-family resources and quality of health-care systems. It is discussed that the diagnosis impact may be mediated by psychosocial factors.
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