Emotion regulation in families of autistic children and adolescents: A longitudinal study / Yuting TAN in Autism, 30-3 (March 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 30-3 (March 2026) . - p.592-604 Titre : Emotion regulation in families of autistic children and adolescents: A longitudinal study Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Yuting TAN, Auteur ; Kevin Ka Shing CHAN, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.592-604 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism  emotion regulation  emotional expressiveness  externalizing symptoms  internalizing symptoms Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study investigated whether parental emotion-regulation difficulties are prospectively associated with increased emotion-regulation challenges in autistic children and adolescents and explored the underlying mechanisms and behavioral implications of these potential intergenerational associations. Over three time points (T1, T2, T3) spanning 2 years, 363 parents of autistic children and adolescents from Hong Kong provided questionnaire data. Path analyses revealed that parental emotion-regulation difficulties at T1 were associated with greater negative emotional expressiveness at T2, which in turn was linked to increased emotion-regulation difficulties and more internalizing and externalizing problems in autistic children and adolescents at T3. Importantly, these findings indicate that when parents have difficulty regulating their emotions and express negativity, their autistic children and adolescents are more likely to face emotion-regulation challenges and exhibit behavior problems. This underscores the need to support parents in regulating their emotions and optimizing their emotional expressiveness. Clinicians and policymakers should help parents strengthen their emotion regulation and enhance their emotional well-being by building coping strategies and fostering supportive environments. By promoting parents’ emotional wellness, we may also improve psychological adjustment and behavioral outcomes for their autistic children and adolescents.Lay abstract Parents of autistic children and adolescents often experience high levels of parenting stress and face challenges in managing their own negative emotions. These emotional struggles can impact their autistic children and adolescents during everyday interactions, potentially intensifying the emotional and behavioral difficulties they experience. This study examined whether parents’ emotion-regulation patterns are longitudinally linked to the development of emotion regulation in their autistic children and adolescents. The findings revealed that when parents had difficulty regulating their emotions and frequently expressed negative emotions, their autistic children and adolescents were more likely to face emotion-regulation challenges and experience personal distress and interpersonal difficulties. This underscores the importance of supporting parents in regulating their emotions and optimizing their emotional expressiveness. Clinicians and policymakers should assist parents in strengthening their emotion regulation and enhancing their emotional well-being by building coping strategies and fostering supportive environments. By promoting parents’ emotional wellness, we may also improve psychological adjustment and behavioral functioning for their autistic children and adolescents. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613251401049 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=582 [article] Emotion regulation in families of autistic children and adolescents: A longitudinal study [texte imprimé] / Yuting TAN, Auteur ; Kevin Ka Shing CHAN, Auteur . - p.592-604. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 30-3 (March 2026) . - p.592-604 Mots-clés : autism  emotion regulation  emotional expressiveness  externalizing symptoms  internalizing symptoms Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study investigated whether parental emotion-regulation difficulties are prospectively associated with increased emotion-regulation challenges in autistic children and adolescents and explored the underlying mechanisms and behavioral implications of these potential intergenerational associations. Over three time points (T1, T2, T3) spanning 2 years, 363 parents of autistic children and adolescents from Hong Kong provided questionnaire data. Path analyses revealed that parental emotion-regulation difficulties at T1 were associated with greater negative emotional expressiveness at T2, which in turn was linked to increased emotion-regulation difficulties and more internalizing and externalizing problems in autistic children and adolescents at T3. Importantly, these findings indicate that when parents have difficulty regulating their emotions and express negativity, their autistic children and adolescents are more likely to face emotion-regulation challenges and exhibit behavior problems. This underscores the need to support parents in regulating their emotions and optimizing their emotional expressiveness. Clinicians and policymakers should help parents strengthen their emotion regulation and enhance their emotional well-being by building coping strategies and fostering supportive environments. By promoting parents’ emotional wellness, we may also improve psychological adjustment and behavioral outcomes for their autistic children and adolescents.Lay abstract Parents of autistic children and adolescents often experience high levels of parenting stress and face challenges in managing their own negative emotions. These emotional struggles can impact their autistic children and adolescents during everyday interactions, potentially intensifying the emotional and behavioral difficulties they experience. This study examined whether parents’ emotion-regulation patterns are longitudinally linked to the development of emotion regulation in their autistic children and adolescents. The findings revealed that when parents had difficulty regulating their emotions and frequently expressed negative emotions, their autistic children and adolescents were more likely to face emotion-regulation challenges and experience personal distress and interpersonal difficulties. This underscores the importance of supporting parents in regulating their emotions and optimizing their emotional expressiveness. Clinicians and policymakers should assist parents in strengthening their emotion regulation and enhancing their emotional well-being by building coping strategies and fostering supportive environments. By promoting parents’ emotional wellness, we may also improve psychological adjustment and behavioral functioning for their autistic children and adolescents. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613251401049 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=582

Linking Child Autism to Parental Depression and Anxiety: The Mediating Roles of Enacted and Felt Stigma / Kevin Ka Shing CHAN in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51-2 (February 2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 51-2 (February 2021) . - p.527-537 Titre : Linking Child Autism to Parental Depression and Anxiety: The Mediating Roles of Enacted and Felt Stigma Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Kevin Ka Shing CHAN, Auteur ; Donald Chi Kin LEUNG, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.527-537 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Child autistic symptoms  Courtesy stigma  Parental affective symptoms  Public stigma  Self-stigma  Vicarious stigma Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study examined whether child autistic symptoms would heighten parental affective symptoms through evoking enacted stigma from the community (i.e., public and courtesy stigma) and felt stigma within the parents (i.e., vicarious and self-stigma). Cross-sectional questionnaire data were collected from 441 parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. Path analyses showed that social communication and interaction deficits and restricted and repetitive behaviors in child autism were positively associated with public and courtesy stigma. While public stigma was positively associated with parental vicarious stigma, courtesy stigma was positively associated with parental self-stigma. Both vicarious and self-stigma were positively associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms among parents. Findings revealed how child autism could compromise parental well-being through exacerbating the family's stigmatizing experiences. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04557-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=440 [article] Linking Child Autism to Parental Depression and Anxiety: The Mediating Roles of Enacted and Felt Stigma [texte imprimé] / Kevin Ka Shing CHAN, Auteur ; Donald Chi Kin LEUNG, Auteur . - p.527-537. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 51-2 (February 2021) . - p.527-537 Mots-clés : Child autistic symptoms  Courtesy stigma  Parental affective symptoms  Public stigma  Self-stigma  Vicarious stigma Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study examined whether child autistic symptoms would heighten parental affective symptoms through evoking enacted stigma from the community (i.e., public and courtesy stigma) and felt stigma within the parents (i.e., vicarious and self-stigma). Cross-sectional questionnaire data were collected from 441 parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. Path analyses showed that social communication and interaction deficits and restricted and repetitive behaviors in child autism were positively associated with public and courtesy stigma. While public stigma was positively associated with parental vicarious stigma, courtesy stigma was positively associated with parental self-stigma. Both vicarious and self-stigma were positively associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms among parents. Findings revealed how child autism could compromise parental well-being through exacerbating the family's stigmatizing experiences. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04557-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=440

Longitudinal impact of parents’ discrimination experiences on children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms: A 2-year study of families of autistic children / Kevin Ka Shing CHAN in Autism, 27-2 (February 2023)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 27-2 (February 2023) . - p.296-308 Titre : Longitudinal impact of parents’ discrimination experiences on children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms: A 2-year study of families of autistic children Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Kevin Ka Shing CHAN, Auteur ; Donald Chi Kin LEUNG, Auteur ; Winnie Tsz Wa FUNG, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.296-308 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorder  coparenting conflict  discrimination experiences  externalizing symptoms  harsh parenting  internalizing symptoms  parental depression Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The present study examined the longitudinal associations of parents’ discrimination experiences with children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms among families of autistic children and tested whether these associations would be mediated by parental depression, harsh parenting, and coparenting conflict. On three occasions across 2 years (i.e. T1, T2, and T3), 441 parents of autistic children from Hong Kong, China, provided questionnaire data. Path analyses showed that parents’ discrimination experiences at T1 had significant direct effects on parental depression, harsh parenting, and coparenting conflict at T2, which, in turn, had significant direct effects on children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms at T3. Bootstrap analyses further demonstrated that parents’ discrimination experiences at T1 had significant indirect effects on children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms at T3 via parental depression, harsh parenting, and coparenting conflict at T2. Theoretically, our findings elucidate how parents’ discrimination experiences may longitudinally heighten children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms by adversely affecting parental well-being and parent “child and inter-parental relationships. Practically, our findings highlight the importance of designing and implementing community-based stigma reduction programs and family-based stigma coping interventions to reduce parents’ discrimination experiences and associated adverse outcomes on well-being, parenting, marriage, and child development. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613221093110 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=493 [article] Longitudinal impact of parents’ discrimination experiences on children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms: A 2-year study of families of autistic children [texte imprimé] / Kevin Ka Shing CHAN, Auteur ; Donald Chi Kin LEUNG, Auteur ; Winnie Tsz Wa FUNG, Auteur . - p.296-308. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 27-2 (February 2023) . - p.296-308 Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorder  coparenting conflict  discrimination experiences  externalizing symptoms  harsh parenting  internalizing symptoms  parental depression Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The present study examined the longitudinal associations of parents’ discrimination experiences with children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms among families of autistic children and tested whether these associations would be mediated by parental depression, harsh parenting, and coparenting conflict. On three occasions across 2 years (i.e. T1, T2, and T3), 441 parents of autistic children from Hong Kong, China, provided questionnaire data. Path analyses showed that parents’ discrimination experiences at T1 had significant direct effects on parental depression, harsh parenting, and coparenting conflict at T2, which, in turn, had significant direct effects on children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms at T3. Bootstrap analyses further demonstrated that parents’ discrimination experiences at T1 had significant indirect effects on children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms at T3 via parental depression, harsh parenting, and coparenting conflict at T2. Theoretically, our findings elucidate how parents’ discrimination experiences may longitudinally heighten children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms by adversely affecting parental well-being and parent “child and inter-parental relationships. Practically, our findings highlight the importance of designing and implementing community-based stigma reduction programs and family-based stigma coping interventions to reduce parents’ discrimination experiences and associated adverse outcomes on well-being, parenting, marriage, and child development. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613221093110 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=493

Longitudinal impact of self-stigma content and process on parental warmth and hostility among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder / Kevin Ka Shing CHAN in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53-7 (July 2023)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 53-7 (July 2023) . - p.2728-2736 Titre : Longitudinal impact of self-stigma content and process on parental warmth and hostility among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Kevin Ka Shing CHAN, Auteur ; Charles Chiu Hung YIP, Auteur ; Donald Chi Kin LEUNG, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.2728-2736 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study examined whether self-stigma content and process would prospectively influence parental warmth and hostility through increasing parenting stress among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). On three occasions across two years, 441 Hong Kong parents of children with ASD provided questionnaire data. Path analyses showed that self-stigma content and process were associated with greater parenting stress, which was, in turn, associated with reduced parental warmth and increased parental hostility. Our findings reveal the longitudinal influences of self-stigma on parenting practices and demonstrate how these influences can be explained by parenting stress. Our findings also suggest the importance of supporting parents of children with ASD to mitigate self-stigma and associated parenting stress in improving their parenting practices. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05529-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=508 [article] Longitudinal impact of self-stigma content and process on parental warmth and hostility among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder [texte imprimé] / Kevin Ka Shing CHAN, Auteur ; Charles Chiu Hung YIP, Auteur ; Donald Chi Kin LEUNG, Auteur . - p.2728-2736. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 53-7 (July 2023) . - p.2728-2736 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study examined whether self-stigma content and process would prospectively influence parental warmth and hostility through increasing parenting stress among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). On three occasions across two years, 441 Hong Kong parents of children with ASD provided questionnaire data. Path analyses showed that self-stigma content and process were associated with greater parenting stress, which was, in turn, associated with reduced parental warmth and increased parental hostility. Our findings reveal the longitudinal influences of self-stigma on parenting practices and demonstrate how these influences can be explained by parenting stress. Our findings also suggest the importance of supporting parents of children with ASD to mitigate self-stigma and associated parenting stress in improving their parenting practices. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05529-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=508

Parental maltreatment of children with autism spectrum disorder: A developmental-ecological analysis / Kevin Ka Shing CHAN in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 32 (December 2016)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 32 (December 2016) . - p.106-114 Titre : Parental maltreatment of children with autism spectrum disorder: A developmental-ecological analysis Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Kevin Ka Shing CHAN, Auteur ; Chun Bun LAM, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.106-114 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Child abuse  Child maltreatment  Aggression  Parenting Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : AbstractBackground Although children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to be exposed to harsh parental discipline, research on this issue is scarce. In particular, few studies have examined the risk factors for harsh parental discipline in this population. We responded to this gap in the literature by testing multiple individual and environmental factors as potential predictors of parental psychological aggression and physical assault toward children with ASD. Guided by a developmental-ecological perspective, we hypothesized that harsh parental discipline would be shaped by the characteristics of the child (symptom severity), the parent (parenting stress), the family (economic pressure), and the broader context (discrimination in the community). Method A total of 424 Hong Kong parents of children with ASD completed standardized questionnaires. The hypotheses were tested using bivariate correlation and multivariate regression analyses. Results At the bivariate level, child symptom severity, parenting stress, family economic pressure, and experienced discrimination were positively associated with parental psychological aggression. Moreover, child symptom severity and parenting stress were positively associated with parental physical assault. At the multivariate level, parenting stress was significantly related to psychological aggression, while child symptom severity and parenting stress were significantly related to physical assault. Mediation analyses further demonstrated that psychological aggression partially mediated the effect of parenting stress on physical assault. Conclusions Theoretically, our findings contributed to our understanding of the origin of harsh parenting practices toward children with ASD. Practically, our findings provided insights about ways to identify high-risk families and to develop effective child maltreatment intervention programs. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2016.09.006 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=296 [article] Parental maltreatment of children with autism spectrum disorder: A developmental-ecological analysis [texte imprimé] / Kevin Ka Shing CHAN, Auteur ; Chun Bun LAM, Auteur . - p.106-114. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 32 (December 2016) . - p.106-114 Mots-clés : Autism  Child abuse  Child maltreatment  Aggression  Parenting Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : AbstractBackground Although children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to be exposed to harsh parental discipline, research on this issue is scarce. In particular, few studies have examined the risk factors for harsh parental discipline in this population. We responded to this gap in the literature by testing multiple individual and environmental factors as potential predictors of parental psychological aggression and physical assault toward children with ASD. Guided by a developmental-ecological perspective, we hypothesized that harsh parental discipline would be shaped by the characteristics of the child (symptom severity), the parent (parenting stress), the family (economic pressure), and the broader context (discrimination in the community). Method A total of 424 Hong Kong parents of children with ASD completed standardized questionnaires. The hypotheses were tested using bivariate correlation and multivariate regression analyses. Results At the bivariate level, child symptom severity, parenting stress, family economic pressure, and experienced discrimination were positively associated with parental psychological aggression. Moreover, child symptom severity and parenting stress were positively associated with parental physical assault. At the multivariate level, parenting stress was significantly related to psychological aggression, while child symptom severity and parenting stress were significantly related to physical assault. Mediation analyses further demonstrated that psychological aggression partially mediated the effect of parenting stress on physical assault. Conclusions Theoretically, our findings contributed to our understanding of the origin of harsh parenting practices toward children with ASD. Practically, our findings provided insights about ways to identify high-risk families and to develop effective child maltreatment intervention programs. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2016.09.006 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=296

Self-stigma among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder / Kevin Ka Shing CHAN in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 48 (April 2018)  

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The Impact of Child Autistic Symptoms on Parental Marital Relationship: Parenting and Coparenting Processes as Mediating Mechanisms / Kevin Ka Shing CHAN in Autism Research, 13-9 (September 2020)  

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