Associations between autism traits and family functioning over time in autistic and non-autistic children / Leontine W TEN HOOPEN in Autism, 27-7 (October 2023)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 27-7 (October 2023) . - p.2035-2047 Titre : Associations between autism traits and family functioning over time in autistic and non-autistic children Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Leontine W TEN HOOPEN, Auteur ; Pieter FA DE NIJS, Auteur ; Geerte SLAPPENDEL, Auteur ; Jan VAN DER ENDE, Auteur ; Dennis BASTIAANSEN, Auteur ; Kirstin GREAVES-LORD, Auteur ; Leona HAKKAART-VAN ROIJEN, Auteur ; Manon HJ HILLEGERS, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.2035-2047 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism  caregivers  children  family functioning  longitudinal  parenting  traits Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : To explore associations between autism traits and family functioning over time, we studied longitudinal data of a mixed group of 168 clinically referred autistic and non-autistic children. Cross-lagged models showed a significant association between fewer autism traits at the diagnostic assessment and better family functioning 1?year later for the whole group, independently of children?s internalizing or externalizing behavior. When splitting the group into autistic children (58%) and non-autistic children (42%) based on an autism diagnosis, this association was only significant in the subgroup of non-autistic children with autism traits. We hypothesized that the needs of families experiencing difficulty understanding and adjusting to their children with autism traits, but no clinical autism diagnosis, might be unmet without the training or support facilities offered to families with autistic children. Although further research is needed to explore this association, clinicians may also consider supporting families of non-autistic children with autism traits to prevent family functioning problems. Because high autism trait levels in non-autistic children may be of a different origin than autism, for example, other neurodevelopmental or mental health problems, family training or support should be tailored to the child?s underlying difficulties.Lay AbstractLittle is known about family functioning over time when raising a child with autism traits, with or without a clinical autism diagnosis. Therefore, we asked caregivers-mostly parents-of a group of 168 children about the family functioning and the child?s emotional and behavioral characteristics, as well as autistic traits, twice with about 1?year in between. For numerous reasons, the children were referred to youth mental health care centers, including child and adolescent psychiatric services. Care as usual was offered after the diagnostic assessment if a clinical diagnosis was the assessment outcome. Caregivers reported less problematic family functioning in children with fewer autism traits over time. The child?s additional emotional or behavioral characteristics did not seem to influence this relation. Furthermore, we split the whole group into autistic children with a clinical autism diagnosis (58%) and non-autistic children with autism traits but without a clinical diagnosis (42%) to see whether we would find the same results in both groups. Surprisingly, the relation between family functioning and the level of a child?s autism traits only held for the subgroup of non-autistic children with autism traits. Thus, raising children with autism traits without a clinical diagnosis may affect family functioning over time. We think that families might have difficulty understanding and adjusting to the autism traits of their children but are lacking the support that is exclusively offered to families of children with a clinical autism diagnosis. We must be cautious because we do not know whether there is a causal relation. Although further research is needed to explore and learn to understand this result, clinicians might consider offering support to families of children with subthreshold autism to prevent problems in family functioning. Because high autism trait levels in non-autistic children may be of a different origin than autism, for example, other neurodevelopmental or mental health problems, family training or support should be tailored to the child?s underlying difficulties. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613231151784 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=510 [article] Associations between autism traits and family functioning over time in autistic and non-autistic children [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Leontine W TEN HOOPEN, Auteur ; Pieter FA DE NIJS, Auteur ; Geerte SLAPPENDEL, Auteur ; Jan VAN DER ENDE, Auteur ; Dennis BASTIAANSEN, Auteur ; Kirstin GREAVES-LORD, Auteur ; Leona HAKKAART-VAN ROIJEN, Auteur ; Manon HJ HILLEGERS, Auteur . - p.2035-2047. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 27-7 (October 2023) . - p.2035-2047 Mots-clés : autism  caregivers  children  family functioning  longitudinal  parenting  traits Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : To explore associations between autism traits and family functioning over time, we studied longitudinal data of a mixed group of 168 clinically referred autistic and non-autistic children. Cross-lagged models showed a significant association between fewer autism traits at the diagnostic assessment and better family functioning 1?year later for the whole group, independently of children?s internalizing or externalizing behavior. When splitting the group into autistic children (58%) and non-autistic children (42%) based on an autism diagnosis, this association was only significant in the subgroup of non-autistic children with autism traits. We hypothesized that the needs of families experiencing difficulty understanding and adjusting to their children with autism traits, but no clinical autism diagnosis, might be unmet without the training or support facilities offered to families with autistic children. Although further research is needed to explore this association, clinicians may also consider supporting families of non-autistic children with autism traits to prevent family functioning problems. Because high autism trait levels in non-autistic children may be of a different origin than autism, for example, other neurodevelopmental or mental health problems, family training or support should be tailored to the child?s underlying difficulties.Lay AbstractLittle is known about family functioning over time when raising a child with autism traits, with or without a clinical autism diagnosis. Therefore, we asked caregivers-mostly parents-of a group of 168 children about the family functioning and the child?s emotional and behavioral characteristics, as well as autistic traits, twice with about 1?year in between. For numerous reasons, the children were referred to youth mental health care centers, including child and adolescent psychiatric services. Care as usual was offered after the diagnostic assessment if a clinical diagnosis was the assessment outcome. Caregivers reported less problematic family functioning in children with fewer autism traits over time. The child?s additional emotional or behavioral characteristics did not seem to influence this relation. Furthermore, we split the whole group into autistic children with a clinical autism diagnosis (58%) and non-autistic children with autism traits but without a clinical diagnosis (42%) to see whether we would find the same results in both groups. Surprisingly, the relation between family functioning and the level of a child?s autism traits only held for the subgroup of non-autistic children with autism traits. Thus, raising children with autism traits without a clinical diagnosis may affect family functioning over time. We think that families might have difficulty understanding and adjusting to the autism traits of their children but are lacking the support that is exclusively offered to families of children with a clinical autism diagnosis. We must be cautious because we do not know whether there is a causal relation. Although further research is needed to explore and learn to understand this result, clinicians might consider offering support to families of children with subthreshold autism to prevent problems in family functioning. Because high autism trait levels in non-autistic children may be of a different origin than autism, for example, other neurodevelopmental or mental health problems, family training or support should be tailored to the child?s underlying difficulties. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613231151784 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=510

Caring for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: Factors Associating with Health- and Care-Related Quality of Life of the Caregivers / Leontine W. TEN HOOPEN in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52-11 (November 2022)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 52-11 (November 2022) . - p.4665-4678 Titre : Caring for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: Factors Associating with Health- and Care-Related Quality of Life of the Caregivers Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Leontine W. TEN HOOPEN, Auteur ; Pieter F. A. DE NIJS, Auteur ; Jorieke DUVEKOT, Auteur ; Kirstin GREAVES-LORD, Auteur ; Manon H. J. HILLEGERS, Auteur ; Werner B. F. BROUWER, Auteur ; Leona HAKKAART-VAN ROIJEN, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.4665-4678 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder  Caregivers  Child  Humans  Parenting  Quality of Life  Surveys and Questionnaires  Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)  Caregiver  CarerQol  Children  Eq-5d  Health-related quality of life  research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study investigated the association of child, caregiver, and caregiving measurements with the quality of life (QoL) in 81 caregivers (mostly parents) of clinically referred children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We used the EuroQol five-dimensional (EQ-5D) questionnaire and the care-related QoL questionnaire (CarerQol) to respectively assess health-related QoL and care-related QoL. Health-related QoL was associated with the caregiver's internalizing problems and adaptive coping, explaining 38% of the variance. Parenting stress and adaptive coping were associated with the care-related QoL and explained 60% of the variance. Child variables were not associated with the caregiver's health- and care-related QoL if caregiver and caregiving variables were taken into account. Findings indicate the importance of the caregiver's mental health, coping, and parenting stress in caring for children with ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05336-7 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=489 [article] Caring for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: Factors Associating with Health- and Care-Related Quality of Life of the Caregivers [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Leontine W. TEN HOOPEN, Auteur ; Pieter F. A. DE NIJS, Auteur ; Jorieke DUVEKOT, Auteur ; Kirstin GREAVES-LORD, Auteur ; Manon H. J. HILLEGERS, Auteur ; Werner B. F. BROUWER, Auteur ; Leona HAKKAART-VAN ROIJEN, Auteur . - p.4665-4678. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 52-11 (November 2022) . - p.4665-4678 Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder  Caregivers  Child  Humans  Parenting  Quality of Life  Surveys and Questionnaires  Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)  Caregiver  CarerQol  Children  Eq-5d  Health-related quality of life  research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study investigated the association of child, caregiver, and caregiving measurements with the quality of life (QoL) in 81 caregivers (mostly parents) of clinically referred children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We used the EuroQol five-dimensional (EQ-5D) questionnaire and the care-related QoL questionnaire (CarerQol) to respectively assess health-related QoL and care-related QoL. Health-related QoL was associated with the caregiver's internalizing problems and adaptive coping, explaining 38% of the variance. Parenting stress and adaptive coping were associated with the care-related QoL and explained 60% of the variance. Child variables were not associated with the caregiver's health- and care-related QoL if caregiver and caregiving variables were taken into account. Findings indicate the importance of the caregiver's mental health, coping, and parenting stress in caring for children with ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05336-7 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=489

Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Caregivers: Capturing Health-Related and Care-Related Quality of Life / Leontine W. TEN HOOPEN in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50-1 (January 2020)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 50-1 (January 2020) . - p.263-277 Titre : Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Caregivers: Capturing Health-Related and Care-Related Quality of Life Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Leontine W. TEN HOOPEN, Auteur ; Pieter F. A. DE NIJS, Auteur ; Jorieke DUVEKOT, Auteur ; Kirstin GREAVES-LORD, Auteur ; Manon H. J. HILLEGERS, Auteur ; Werner B. F. BROUWER, Auteur ; Leona HAKKAART-VAN ROIJEN, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.263-277 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)  Caregiver burden  CarerQol  Children  EuroQol five-dimensional (EQ-5D) questionnaire  Health-related quality of life Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study investigated health-related QoL (HRQoL) and care-related quality of life (CarerQol) in clinically referred children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and their primary and secondary caregivers. The EuroQol five-dimensional (EQ-5D) and the CarerQol questionnaires were used to respectively measure health-related QoL and care-related QoL. Primary caregivers reported pain/discomfort (42%) and anxiety/depression (40%). In caring, they mostly experienced problems in the relationship with the child (84%), and in combining care with daily activities (51%). Children with ASD had a relevantly lower QoL. Despite negative effects, almost all caregivers (96%) derived fulfillment from caring for their affected children. HRQoL and CarerQol reports of primary caregivers and children were correlated, both providing useful information to ASD measurement and treatment. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04249-w Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=414 [article] Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Caregivers: Capturing Health-Related and Care-Related Quality of Life [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Leontine W. TEN HOOPEN, Auteur ; Pieter F. A. DE NIJS, Auteur ; Jorieke DUVEKOT, Auteur ; Kirstin GREAVES-LORD, Auteur ; Manon H. J. HILLEGERS, Auteur ; Werner B. F. BROUWER, Auteur ; Leona HAKKAART-VAN ROIJEN, Auteur . - p.263-277. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 50-1 (January 2020) . - p.263-277 Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)  Caregiver burden  CarerQol  Children  EuroQol five-dimensional (EQ-5D) questionnaire  Health-related quality of life Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study investigated health-related QoL (HRQoL) and care-related quality of life (CarerQol) in clinically referred children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and their primary and secondary caregivers. The EuroQol five-dimensional (EQ-5D) and the CarerQol questionnaires were used to respectively measure health-related QoL and care-related QoL. Primary caregivers reported pain/discomfort (42%) and anxiety/depression (40%). In caring, they mostly experienced problems in the relationship with the child (84%), and in combining care with daily activities (51%). Children with ASD had a relevantly lower QoL. Despite negative effects, almost all caregivers (96%) derived fulfillment from caring for their affected children. HRQoL and CarerQol reports of primary caregivers and children were correlated, both providing useful information to ASD measurement and treatment. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04249-w Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=414

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