Abstract
Maternal Stress and Maladaptive Behavior in Children with ASD Participating in a Multi-Disciplinary Program providing Medical Care, Dietetic Support, Educational Consultation and Family Resources: A Pilot Study
Highlights
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are faced with numerous potential challenges and daily stressors associated with parenting a child with special needs
Correlation between maternal stress and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Behavior Inventory (PDDBI) composite scores: Significant correlations between maternal stress and PDDBI composite scores were identified at both time points (Table 3)
Only the Autism Composite, a measure of overall Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) severity, is reported here as this composite score takes into account all PDDBI data collected
Summary
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are faced with numerous potential challenges and daily stressors associated with parenting a child with special needs. They typically report higher levels of parenting stress when compared to parents of typically developing children [1] and parents of children with other disabilities [2,3,4,5,6]. The primary contributing factor to parental stress has been attributed to increased levels of maladaptive behaviors, social-communication impairments and restricted and repetitive behaviors [7,8,9]. Families with access to a variety of intervention and support services and/or resources typically report experiencing lower stress
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