title: Mothers' Parenting Behaviors in Families of School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Observational and Questionnaire Study.
abstract: Although parents of children with ASD face specific challenges in parenting, only a few studies have empirically investigated parenting behaviors among these parents. The current study examined differences in parenting behaviors between mothers of school-aged children with ASD (n = 30) and mothers of typically developing children (n = 39), using both an observational measure and a self-report questionnaire. Results indicated that mothers of children with ASD obtained significantly lower scores on Sensitivity and Provision of structure as measured during the observation. They reported significantly higher scores on Material rewarding and Adapting the environment on the questionnaire. When controlling for parenting stress, the group differences on Sensitivity and Material rewarding did not remain significant.
authors.affiliation: Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, KU Leuven, Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 32, Box 3765, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. Hannah.Boonen@ppw.kuleuven.be.|Leuven Autism Research (LAuRes), Leuven, Belgium. Hannah.Boonen@ppw.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boonen
authors.affiliation: Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, KU Leuven, Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 32, Box 3765, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.|Leuven Autism Research (LAuRes), Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lotte
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van Esch
authors.affiliation: Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, KU Leuven, Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 32, Box 3765, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.|Leuven Autism Research (LAuRes), Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Greet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lambrechts
authors.affiliation: Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, KU Leuven, Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 32, Box 3765, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.|Leuven Autism Research (LAuRes), Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jarymke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maljaars
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, ExpORL, KU Leuven, O&N II Herestraat 49, Box 721, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Inge
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zink
authors.affiliation: Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, KU Leuven, Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 32, Box 3765, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van Leeuwen
authors.affiliation: Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, KU Leuven, Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 32, Box 3765, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.|Leuven Autism Research (LAuRes), Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Noens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; Observation; Parenting behaviors; Parenting stress; Questionnaire