Associations between Parental Anxiety/Depression and Child Behavior Problems Related to Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Roles of Parenting Stress and Parenting Self-Efficacy

Rezendes, Debra L.; Scarpa, Angela

Associations between Parental Anxiety/Depression and Child Behavior Problems Related to Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Roles of Parenting Stress and Parenting Self-Efficacy

dc.contributor.author	Rezendes, Debra L.	en
dc.contributor.author	Scarpa, Angela	en
dc.contributor.department	Psychology	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-18T09:53:34Z	en
dc.date.available	2017-09-18T09:53:34Z	en
dc.date.issued	2011-12-13	en
dc.date.updated	2017-09-18T09:53:33Z	en
dc.description.abstract	Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have been shown to experience increases in stress, depression, and anxiety, which are also associated with child behavior problems related to ASDs. Literature-examining potential mechanisms that underlie the relationship of child behavior problems and parental anxiety/depression in this population are scarce. The current study sought to examine the roles of parenting stress and parenting self-efficacy as mediators between child behavior problems and parental anxiety/depression. Using a sample of 134 mothers, these potential mediators were tested. Hypotheses were supported, indicating that parenting stress mediated the relationship between child behavior problems and decreased parenting self-efficacy, and decreased parenting self-efficacy in turn partially mediated the relationship between parenting stress and increased depression/anxiety.	en
dc.description.version	Published version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	Debra L. Rezendes and Angela Scarpa, “Associations between Parental Anxiety/Depression and Child Behavior Problems Related to Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Roles of Parenting Stress and Parenting Self-Efficacy,” Autism Research and Treatment, vol. 2011, Article ID 395190, 10 pages, 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/395190	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/395190	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/79027	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Hindawi	en
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.holder	Copyright © 2011 Debra L. Rezendes and Angela Scarpa. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	en
dc.title	Associations between Parental Anxiety/Depression and Child Behavior Problems Related to Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Roles of Parenting Stress and Parenting Self-Efficacy	en
dc.title.serial	Autism Research and Treatment	en
dc.type	Article - Refereed	en
dc.type.dcmitype	Text	en