title: Co-Parenting Quality, Parenting Stress, and Feeding Challenges in Families with a Child Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
abstract: 113 parents of children aged 5-13 with ASD completed online surveys assessing co-parenting quality, parenting stress, and child feeding challenges. Results indicated that food selectivity was both the most frequently reported type of challenging feeding behavior and the most often reported as problematic but was also the only type of challenging feeding behavior that was not associated with parenting stress. Greater parenting stress was reported when co-parenting agreement and support were lower. Child disruptive behavior at mealtime was the only feeding challenge associated with quality of co-parenting. This paper points to the importance of addressing feeding challenges in addition to selectivity, such as disruptive mealtime behaviors, and doing so within the context of the family and home environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, School of Health Professions, University of Missouri, 501 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA. thullenm@health.missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6072-6047
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thullen
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, University of Missouri, 801 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonsall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062407:Meals / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D000066553:Problem Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Autism; Co-parenting; Feeding; Parenting; Stress