Factor analysis of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form with parents of young children with autism spectrum disorders

Autism Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 336-346

  Zaidman Zait, Anat ^a   Mirenda, Pat ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^a   Georgiades, Stelios ^b   Szatmari, Peter ^b   Bryson, Susan ^c   Fombonne, Eric ^d   Roberts, Wendy ^e   Smith, Isabel ^c   Vaillancourt, Tracy ^f   Volden, Joanne ^g   Waddell, Charlotte ^h   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^g   Duku, Eric ^b   Thompson, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Factor analysis; Parenting stress; Parenting Stress Index Short Form

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTING STRESS INDEX SHORT FORM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053924993     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.213     Document Type: Article

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