TY - JOUR
T1 - Caregiver Mental Health, Parenting Practices, and Perceptions of Child Attachment in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
AU - Teague, Samantha J.
AU - Newman, Louise K.
AU - Tonge, Bruce J.
AU - Gray, Kylie M.
AU - The MHYPEDD Team
AU - Aery, Anaha
AU - Andersson, Ellaina
AU - Arciuli, Jo
AU - Arora, Sheena
AU - Bezzina, Louise
AU - Blackmore, Rebecca
AU - Borland, Ross
AU - Caruana, Jodie
AU - Cawood, Danyelle
AU - Clarke, Kristina
AU - Day, Jamin
AU - Dossetor, David
AU - Einfeld, Stewart
AU - Emerson, Eric
AU - Evans, Holly
AU - Fernandez, Ana
AU - Goodall, Stephen
AU - Haas, Kaaren
AU - Henderson, Kevin
AU - Henry, Tania
AU - Hinton, Sharon
AU - Hoath, Fiona
AU - Hodges, Julie
AU - Horstead, Sian
AU - Howlin, Pat
AU - Hu, Nan
AU - Keating, Caroline
AU - Kelly, Eliza
AU - Knott, Rachael
AU - Kotselas, Pauline
AU - Louie, Eva
AU - McAuliffe, Zyra
AU - O’Hagan, Gemma
AU - Panahi, Babak
AU - Phillis, Kathryne
AU - Rose, Oriel
AU - Rotolone, Cassandra
AU - Salvador-Carulla, Luis
AU - Sanders, Matt
AU - Schoch, Martha
AU - Shortt, Fionnuala
AU - Silove, Natalie
AU - Sofronoff, Kate
AU - Stace, Lucille
AU - Taffe, John
AU - Thompson, Donna Marie
AU - Wallman, Emily
AU - Viney, Rosalie
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - This paper investigates the role of caregiver mental health and parenting practices as predictors of attachment in children with intellectual disability/developmental delay, comparing between children with ASD (n = 29) and children with other developmental disabilities (n = 20). Parents reported that children with ASD had high levels of anxiety and stress, and attachment insecurity in children (less closeness and more conflict in attachment relationships, and more inhibited attachment behaviours) compared with children with other developmental disabilities. Children’s attachment quality was associated with parenting practices and the presence of an ASD diagnosis. These results highlight the bidirectional nature of the quality of caregiving environments and attachment in children with ASD, and also provide a strong rationale for targeting children’s attachment quality in early interventions.
AB - This paper investigates the role of caregiver mental health and parenting practices as predictors of attachment in children with intellectual disability/developmental delay, comparing between children with ASD (n = 29) and children with other developmental disabilities (n = 20). Parents reported that children with ASD had high levels of anxiety and stress, and attachment insecurity in children (less closeness and more conflict in attachment relationships, and more inhibited attachment behaviours) compared with children with other developmental disabilities. Children’s attachment quality was associated with parenting practices and the presence of an ASD diagnosis. These results highlight the bidirectional nature of the quality of caregiving environments and attachment in children with ASD, and also provide a strong rationale for targeting children’s attachment quality in early interventions.
KW - Attachment
KW - Autism
KW - Intellectual disability
KW - Mental health
KW - Parenting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045040897&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/1016919
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-018-3517-x
DO - 10.1007/s10803-018-3517-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 29500757
AN - SCOPUS:85045040897
VL - 48
SP - 2642
EP - 2652
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
SN - 0162-3257
IS - 8
ER -