Emotional Reactivity as a Mediator and Moderator of the Relationship Between Psychological Flexibility and Parental Burnout in Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Rabia KoçFaculty of Education, Department of Psychological Counseling, İstanbul University - Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9282-7117

Ömer Faruk AkbulutQuality Coordinatorship Unit, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye. faruk.akbulut@afsu.edu.tr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5152-8102

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purposeParenting a child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often entails ongoing emotional challenges that can contribute to parental burnout. This study aimed to investigate the mediating and moderating roles of emotional reactivity in the relationship between psychological flexibility and parental burnout among parents of children diagnosed with ASD.

methodsA total of 230 parents (74.8% female; Mage = 40.14, SD = 8.27) participated in the study. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling from special educational centers. Mediation and moderation analyses were conducted using the PROCESS macro for SPSS to test indirect and conditional effects of emotional reactivity.

resultsEmotional reactivity partially mediated the association between psychological inflexibility and parental burnout. Higher psychological inflexibility was linked to greater emotional reactivity, which in turn predicted higher parental burnout. Moreover, emotional reactivity significantly moderated this relationship (ΔR² = 0.009, p = .025), indicating that the association between psychological inflexibility and parental burnout was stronger among parents with higher emotional reactivity.

conclusionThese findings suggest that interventions aimed at reducing psychological inflexibility and managing emotional reactivity may help mitigate parental burnout among parents of children with ASD.

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Autism spectrum disorderEmotional reactivityMediationModerationParental burnoutPsychological flexibility

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PMID41569505

DOI10.1007/s10803-026-07223-5

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