[Parenting resilience for rearing a child with autism spectrum disorder: a qualitative study].
OBJECTIVE
Resilience is defined as the dynamic process of positive adaptation despite the experience of adversity. The aims of this study were to apply the concept of resilience to the mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which we call "parenting resilience" for rearing a child with ASD, and to explain the construct of parenting resilience.


METHODS
Interviews were conducted with 23 mothers of adults with ASD to collect data on rearing these children from infancy to adulthood. Data were analyzed using a modified grounded-theory approach.


RESULTS
The analytic theme was the thought process from the problems associated with raising developmentally challenged children to the implementation of the appropriate coping method. We proposed a model comprising twelve concepts and five categories, i. e., "a sense of motherhood", "self-efficacy", "knowledge of the child's characteristics", "perceived social support", and "foresight". The model assumes that a sense of motherhood and self-efficacy motivate these mothers to cope with the problems associated with developmentally challenged children, and they derive the way of dealing with it from knowledge of the child's characteristics, perceived social support, and foresight.


CONCLUSIONS
We suggest that the construct of parenting resilience for rearing a child with ASD is composed of the proposed categories and concepts.
Kota
K
Suzuki
Tomoka
T
Kobayashi
Karin
K
Moriyama
Makiko
M
Kaga
Michio
M
Hiratani
Kyota
K
Watanabe
Yushiro
Y
Yamashita
Takashi
T
Hayashi
Masumi
M
Inagaki
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001321:Autistic Disorder; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D055500:Resilience, Psychological / Q000941:ethics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult