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Title

Coping Strategies as Mediators and Moderators between Stress and Quality of Life among Parents of Children with Autistic Disorder.

Authors

Dardas, Latefa A.; Ahmad, Muayyad M.

Abstract

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine coping strategies as mediators and moderators between stress and quality of life (QoL) among parents of children with autistic disorder. The convenience sample of the study consisted of 184 parents of children with autistic disorder. Advanced statistical methods for analyses of mediator and moderator effects of coping strategies were used. The results revealed that 'accepting responsibility' was the only mediator strategy in the relationship between stress and QoL. The results also revealed that only 'seeking social support' and 'escape avoidance' were moderator strategies in the relationship between stress and QoL. This study is perhaps the first to investigate the mediating and moderating effects of coping on QoL of parents of children with autistic disorder. Recommendations for practice and future research are presented.

Subjects

PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; AUTISM in children; STATISTICAL correlation; PARENTS of children with disabilities; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; SELF-evaluation; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; T-test (Statistics); STATISTICAL power analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGY

Publication

Stress & Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 2015, Vol 31, Issue 1, p5

ISSN

1532-3005

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1002/smi.2513