Background

Parents of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may experience a lower quality of life (QoL) than parents of offspring with typical development. However, factors associated with parental QoL are not yet fully understood.

Aims

This study aimed to investigate the relationships between parental QoL, child adjustment and adult attachment among parents of children and adolescents with ASD.

Methods and procedures

One hundred and eighty-eight parents of children and adolescents diagnosed with ASD completed a group of self-report questionnaires on sociodemographic variables, QoL (i.e., overall QoL and ASD symptoms-related parental QoL), child adjustment (i.e., offspring’s total problems and prosocial behaviors) and adult attachment.

Outcomes and results

Structural equation modeling revealed that the overall parental QoL was negatively related to children's total problems and positively associated with prosocial behaviors, as well as with higher levels of secure attachment and lower levels of fearful attachment styles. Additionally, ASD symptoms-related parental QoL was negatively associated with the offspring’s total problems.

Conclusions and implications

This suggests that child characteristics may interact with parental characteristics to either enhance or compromise the QoL of parents of children and adolescents with ASD. Implications of these findings for promoting parental QoL are discussed.

中文翻译：

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自闭症谱系障碍儿童和青少年父母的生活质量、儿童适应和成人依恋

背景

患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD) 的儿童和青少年的父母的生活质量 (QoL) 可能低于发育正常的后代的父母。然而，与父母生活质量相关的因素尚未完全了解。

目标

本研究旨在探讨自闭症儿童和青少年父母的父母生活质量、儿童适应和成人依恋之间的关系。

方法和程序

188 名被诊断患有 ASD 的儿童和青少年的父母完成了一组关于社会人口统计学变量、生活质量（即总体生活质量和 ASD 症状相关的父母生活质量）、儿童适应（即后代的总问题和亲社会行为）和成人依恋。

结果和结果

结构方程模型显示，父母的总体生活质量与儿童的总体问题呈负相关，与亲社会行为以及较高水平的安全依恋和较低水平的恐惧依恋风格呈正相关。此外，与自闭症谱系障碍症状相关的父母生活质量与后代的总体问题呈负相关。

结论和启示

这表明儿童特征可能与父母特征相互作用，从而提高或损害患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童和青少年父母的生活质量。讨论了这些发现对提高父母生活质量的影响。