Maternal health habits and observed parenting behaviors in an autistic preschool sample / Michal JOHNSON in Research in Autism, 133 (May 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism > 133 (May 2026) . - p.202902 Titre : Maternal health habits and observed parenting behaviors in an autistic preschool sample Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Michal JOHNSON, Auteur ; Marla R. BRASSARD, Auteur ; Laudan B. JAHROMI, Auteur ; R. Douglas GREER, Auteur ; John PARK, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.202902 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Observed parenting  Autism  Parenting stress  Health habits  Parenting Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Mothers of autistic children report high levels of parenting stress with little time to devote to their own health (e.g., sleep, diet). Parenting stress has been robustly tied to lower quality parenting behaviors. Health habits are modifiable and experimentally related to reduced stress and better mental health and adaptive functioning. We investigated whether health habits were related to observed quality of parenting behaviors via parenting stress in mothers of autistic preschoolers. Method Participants were 41 mother-child dyads (45% White; 53.7% US born) with autistic children (ages 2–5, 80.5% male) recruited from a center-based preschool. Autism diagnoses were verified with the ADOS-2. Parenting behaviors were observed across tasks designed to mirror naturalistic mother-child interactions. Health habits and parenting stress were assessed via questionnaires. Results Sleep, diet, and exercise were poor. High levels of positive and mild levels of negative parenting behaviors were observed. Health habits were significantly related to quality of parenting in a mediational model with higher levels of health habits relating to lower levels of parental stress, which related to more instances of positive (ab = 0.18, 95% CI [.04,.37]) and fewer negative parenting behaviors during parent-child interactions (ab = −0.08, 95% CI [-.18, −0.01]) when controlling for income. Conclusions Given the significant indirect associations observed between health habits, parenting stress, and observed parenting, and the theoretically supported likelihood that these relationships are transactional, future research should examine health habits as an adjunctive intervention for reducing stress and improving quality of parenting in parents of autistic children. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2026.202902 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=585 [article] Maternal health habits and observed parenting behaviors in an autistic preschool sample [texte imprimé] / Michal JOHNSON, Auteur ; Marla R. BRASSARD, Auteur ; Laudan B. JAHROMI, Auteur ; R. Douglas GREER, Auteur ; John PARK, Auteur . - p.202902. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism > 133 (May 2026) . - p.202902 Mots-clés : Observed parenting  Autism  Parenting stress  Health habits  Parenting Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Mothers of autistic children report high levels of parenting stress with little time to devote to their own health (e.g., sleep, diet). Parenting stress has been robustly tied to lower quality parenting behaviors. Health habits are modifiable and experimentally related to reduced stress and better mental health and adaptive functioning. We investigated whether health habits were related to observed quality of parenting behaviors via parenting stress in mothers of autistic preschoolers. Method Participants were 41 mother-child dyads (45% White; 53.7% US born) with autistic children (ages 2–5, 80.5% male) recruited from a center-based preschool. Autism diagnoses were verified with the ADOS-2. Parenting behaviors were observed across tasks designed to mirror naturalistic mother-child interactions. Health habits and parenting stress were assessed via questionnaires. Results Sleep, diet, and exercise were poor. High levels of positive and mild levels of negative parenting behaviors were observed. Health habits were significantly related to quality of parenting in a mediational model with higher levels of health habits relating to lower levels of parental stress, which related to more instances of positive (ab = 0.18, 95% CI [.04,.37]) and fewer negative parenting behaviors during parent-child interactions (ab = −0.08, 95% CI [-.18, −0.01]) when controlling for income. Conclusions Given the significant indirect associations observed between health habits, parenting stress, and observed parenting, and the theoretically supported likelihood that these relationships are transactional, future research should examine health habits as an adjunctive intervention for reducing stress and improving quality of parenting in parents of autistic children. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2026.202902 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=585

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