ASD symptom severity was the strongest predictor of
parental stress across all domains.
Not exact matches
Compared to the nonintervention sample
across time, the Strong Communities samples showed significant changes in the expected direction for social support, collective efficacy, child safety in the home, observed parenting practices,
parental stress,
parental efficacy, self - reported parenting practices, rates of officially substantiated child maltreatment, and rates of ICD - 9 coded child injuries suggesting child maltreatment.
Additionally, although the familial determinants of parenting change were found to be similar
across both samples,
parental determinants of adaptive parenting change, and in particular parenting
stress, varied
across illness context.
Across all assessments, mothers completed measures of child behavior and parenting
stress, and observational data was collected during three 5 - min standard situations that vary in the degree of
parental control (child - led play, parent - led play, & clean - up).
While it is suggested that child ASD symptom severity may have a stronger impact on
parental stress when children are of preschool age [87], the trajectory of ASD symptoms
across childhood and their influence on mothers and father's wellbeing remains unclear.