ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023
Quality of life in parents of autistic children: A transcultural perspective.
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- Beyond Food Selectivity: Feeding Problems, Nutritional Status, and Parental Quality of Life in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Quality of Life and Specific Difficulties of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Saudi Primary Caregivers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cognitive, Behavioural and Communication Correlates of Dysregulation in Australian Autistic Preschoolers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Autism and detecting verbal truth and lies: veracity decisions, cue selection, judgment confidence, and self-report reasoning.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Cross-cultural associations between behavioural, emotional, and cognitive differences in autistic children and parental wellbeing: evidence from five countries.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of the Mindful Motherhood Support Program on Quality of Life Among Palestinian Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Portuguese Version of the Quality of Life in Autism Questionnaire (QoLA).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Quality of Life and Its Associated Correlates of Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum in Singapore.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Fatigue and Quality of Life in the Turkish Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic and clinical indicators associated with quality of life among parents of autistic children.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- The Quality of Life of Iranian Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Quality of Life in Hungarian Parents of Autistic Individuals.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Exploring Social Support and Quality of Life Among Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Quality of life among parents of autistic children: questionnaire validation study and multivariate analysis of associated factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- A closer look into maternal psychological distress and the associated factors: the case of autism and chronic conditions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- A Prospective Study of the Family Quality of Life, Illness Perceptions, and Coping in Mothers of Children Newly Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Communication Difficulties.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Experiences of parenting for autistic children in Australia and Italy: a qualitative cross-cultural comparison.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Parental satisfaction with the quality of services provided to persons with autism spectrum disorder and their families in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- "…in the middle of nowhere…" Access to, and quality of, services for autistic adults from parents' perspectives: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: The concepts of health, illness, and disability as well as the perceptions of autism and quality of life (QoL) vary greatly across cultures and across time. This study sought to explore the interplay of culture on QoL and impact on parents caring for autistic children. Methods: We used a transcultural dataset from seven countries (Australia, Hungary, Malaysia, Romania, Singapore, Spain, and the United Kingdom) with participating parents/carers reporting on the Quality of Life in Autism (QoLA) questionnaire. The QoLA questionnaire is a validated measure of QoL for parents of autistic children, with Part A subscale measuring parental QoL and part B subscale assessing the parental impact of the child's autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms or features. We used the Quade's ranked analysis of covariance to determine significant differences between the countries in relation to QoLA Part A and Part B scores while adjusting for baseline differences using covariates such as parents' gender, child's age, and gender. Additionally, a Results and conclusion: We found that while the effect of features of ASD (Part B subscale) stayed strongly comparable between cultures, the self-reported parental QoL was most likely determined by different aspects of culture in different countries. It is concluded that while the ASD symptoms or features appear to affect parents in the same way across different countries, the parental QoL may be a culturally informed construct.
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