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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2024

Parenting Self-Efficacy and Psychological Distress in Parents of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Alexander Almendingen, Pamela Pilkington

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Seeing the Child Within: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Reflective Functioning Intervention for Parents of Autistic Children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  10. Our Challenges, Our Solutions: The Impact of Autism on Families.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Alexander AlmendingenParenting Research Centre, 8/699 Collins Street, 3000, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. alex.almendingen@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2236
Pamela PilkingtonSchool of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, 155 Victoria Parade, 3065, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-3232

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research suggests that challenges associated with raising a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can increase parents' risk for diminished parenting self-efficacy (PSE) and psychological wellbeing. The present study aimed to explore interrelationships between noteworthy predictors of PSE and parental psychological distress, including parental mastery beliefs and the co-parenting relationship amongst 122 Australian parents of children with autism. Results indicated that greater mastery beliefs and more favourable co-parenting relationships predicted greater PSE, and higher PSE predicted less psychological distress. PSE significantly mediated relationships between mastery beliefs and psychological distress, and between the co-parenting relationship and psychological distress. Findings have implications that can aid professionals to more effectively support parents raising children on the autism spectrum.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderParentingParentsPsychological DistressSelf EfficacyAdolescentAdultAustraliaChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedStress, PsychologicalSurveys and QuestionnairesASDAutismCo-parentMastery beliefsParenting self-efficacyPsychological distress

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