Assessing Need for Social Support in Parents of Children with Autism and Down Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Siklos, Susan; Kerns, Kimberly A.
Titel	Assessing Need for Social Support in Parents of Children with Autism and Down Syndrome
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36 (2006) 7, S.921-933 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-006-0129-7
Schlagwörter	Social Support Groups; Parent Attitudes; Coping; Children; Autism; Down Syndrome; Family Needs; Questionnaires; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Adjustment (to Environment) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Elternverhalten; Bewältigung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Autismus; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Fragebogen
Abstract	Parents of children with autism frequently turn to the service delivery system to access supports designed to help adapt to the challenges of having a child with a life-long impairment. Although studies have suggested various supports and coping strategies that are effective for adapting, few studies have examined parents' own perceptions of needs, and whether parents felt their needs were being met. In the present study the Family Needs Questionnaire (FNQ; Waaland et al., 1993) was modified to address needs for children with developmental disorders. A sample of fifty-six parents of children with autism and a comparison group of thirty-two parents of children with Down syndrome completed the FNQ. The groups did not differ significantly on the number of important needs reported nor the number of important needs being met. However, the two groups differed in the types of supports they most frequently endorsed as Important or Unmet. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10