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- Title
Stress, Eating Behavior and Adverse Health in Parents of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Authors
van der Lubbe, Anna; Swaab, Hanna; Vermeiren, Robert R. J. M.; Ester, Wietske A.
- Abstract
Mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often experience chronic stress and are at risk for adverse health. However, little is known about fathers, especially when their child is in early childhood. Parenting stress, eating behavior and physical health was evaluated in mothers (n = 48) and fathers (n = 43) of young children (3–7 years) with ASD by questionnaires and physical measurements. Mother's prevalence rates of obesity (39.1%), abdominal obesity (59.6%) and metabolic syndrome (21.6%) were higher than the norm. In fathers, the prevalence rate of clinical parenting stress (33%) was higher than the norm. Parenting stress was positively related to disinhibited eating in mothers, not in fathers. It is crucial to monitor stress and health of parents of children with ASD.
- Subjects
FOOD habits; OBESITY; PARENTS of children with disabilities; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; CHILDREN with disabilities; HEALTH status indicators; PARENTING; SEX distribution; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; AUTISM in children; QUESTIONNAIRES; METABOLIC syndrome; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; ADVERSE health care events; PSYCHOLOGY of fathers; DATA analysis software; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2024, Vol 54, Issue 2, p662
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-022-05825-3