Predicting Caregiver and Family Quality of Life in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Brockberg, Kerry; Smedema, Susan Miller
Titel	Predicting Caregiver and Family Quality of Life in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 36 (2022) 2, S.146-165 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2168-6653
Schlagwörter	Child Caregivers; Family (Sociological Unit); Quality of Life; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Experience; Predictor Variables; Caregiver Role; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Familie; Lebensqualität; Autism; Autismus; Erfahrung; Prädiktor; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore caregiver and family quality of life in families with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To better understand the experience of caregivers and families of children with ASD, a family systems perspective using constructs from a psychosocial adjustment model of disability (i.e., role impact as the independent variable and relationship satisfaction and mastery as mediator variables) was studied to explain caregiver and family quality of life. Method: Hayes' PROCESS macro was used to determine the variance of caregiver and family quality of life accounted for by the predictor variables. Results: The results indicated that the models explained 52.3% of the variance in caregiver quality of life and 44.4% of the variance in family quality of life. Conclusions: The findings of this study expand the current literature on caregivers of children with ASD, and the important variables to consider related to caregiver quality of life and family quality of life. Implications for rehabilitation research (e.g., increased need for a focus on family variables across research agendas) and practice (e.g., increase need for family-oriented interventions) are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01