title: Examination of bidirectional relationships between parent stress and two types of problem behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder.
abstract: Path analysis within a structural equation modeling framework was employed to examine the relationships between two types of parent stress and children's externalizing and internalizing behaviors over a 4-year period, in a sample of 184 mothers of young children with autism spectrum disorder. Parent stress was measured with the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form and child behavior was measured with Child Behavior Checklist/1.5-5. Across all time points, parent general distress predicted both types of child behaviors, but not vice versa. In addition, there was modest evidence of a bidirectional relationship between parenting distress and both types of child behaviors from 12 months post-diagnosis to age 6. Results are compared to previous work in this area, with implications for early intervention.
authors.affiliation: School of Education, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel, anatzaidman@post.tau.ac.il.
authors.forename: Anat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaidman-Zait
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mirenda
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duku
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szatmari
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Georgiades
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Volden
authors.forename: Lonnie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zwaigenbaum
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vaillancourt
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bryson
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fombonne
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Waddell
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*