Resolution of the Diagnosis Among Parents of Childrenwith Autism Spectrum Disorder: Associations with Childand Parent Characteristics

摘要

Resolution with the diagnosis of one's childinvolves coming to terms with and accepting the diagnosisand its implications. Parental resolution with the diagnosiswas examined among 61 mothers and 60 fathers of 61children with autism spectrum disorders aged 2-17 years.We investigated resolution rates and subtypes, and asso-ciations between resolution status and child characteristics(CA, gender, MA, adaptive behavior, diagnosis type, timeelapsed since diagnosis) and parent characteristics (age,gender, IQ, broad autism phenotype index, special needs'impact on family). Nearly half of the parents were classi-fied as resolved. Maternal but not paternal resolution statuswas associated with reported negative impact of raising achild with a disability on family life, but not with othercharacteristics of the child or the parent.