ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2026
Understanding the Mental Health in Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum: Beyond Child-Driven Stressors.
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.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeParents of children on the autism spectrum experience elevated psychological distress, which can impact both their well-being and child outcomes. While prior research has focused primarily on child-related contributors to parental mental health, parent-specific factors remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap by examining a range of psychiatric concerns in parents of children on the autism spectrum, considering both child and parent-related factors.
methodsParticipants were drawn from a Korean genetic cohort study on autism multiplex families. Parental mental health was assessed using the Korean-Symptom Checklist 95 (K-SCL95), and measures of autistic traits were collected. Parents with T-scores greater than 70 on the K-SCL95 subdomains were considered to have clinical concern. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to better understand the dimensions of parental mental health. Univariate linear regressions were performed for both child- and parent-related variables, with significant factors subsequently included in multivariate linear regression analyses.
resultsAmong 464 parents, 29.09% had a T-score above 70 on the K-SCL95 subdomain. EFA identified two factors in fathers (“High Sensitivity-Dysregulation” and “Depressive Domain”), and two dimensions in mothers (“High Sensitivity” and “Depressive-Dysregulation”). Parental difficulties in pragmatic language measured by the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire were consistently associated with the mental health dimensions. Child-related factors were largely attenuated after adjustment, although child externalizing behaviors remained positively associated with paternal mental health domains.
conclusionsFindings highlight the need for targeted mental health support for parents of children on the spectrum, particularly those with autistic traits, to enhance caregiver well-being.
Indexed as
Identifiers
41721942What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.