Family hardiness, social support, and self-efficacy in mothers of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

dc.contributor.authorWeiss, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorFung, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorTint, Ami
dc.contributor.authorChalmers, Philip
dc.contributor.authorLunsky, Yona
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-11T14:53:04Z
dc.date.available2013-09-11T14:53:04Z
dc.date.issued2013-09
dc.description.abstractFamily hardiness is an important construct to understand coping in parents of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), who are often at risk for considerable distress in the face of multiple stressors. The current study examined family hardiness, perceived social support and parent self-efficacy as predictors of family distress in 138 mothers of individuals with ASD, 4–41 years of age. Using a multiple mediation analysis, we demonstrated that perceived self-efficacy and social support mediated the link between the pile-up of stressors and family hardiness, and that hardiness was a partial mediator in explaining how stressors were associated with family distress. Researchers and clinicians should consider the role that perceived social support and parent self-efficacy play in explaining family hardiness, and how the perception of such hardiness is associated with less distress.en_US
dc.identifier.citationResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders 7 (2013): 1310-1317
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.rasd.2013.07.016
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/26282
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rights.articlehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946713001426
dc.rights.journalhttp://www.journals.elsevier.com/research-in-autism-spectrum-disorders/en_US
dc.rights.publisherhttp://www.elsevier.com/en_US
dc.subjectautismen_US
dc.subjectASDen_US
dc.subjectAutism Spectrum Disordersen_US
dc.subjectmothersen_US
dc.subjectparentsen_US
dc.subjectfamily hardinessen_US
dc.subjectsocial supporten_US
dc.subjectself-efficacyen_US
dc.subjectfamily distressen_US
dc.titleFamily hardiness, social support, and self-efficacy in mothers of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
dc.typeArticleen_US

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