Parenting stress and autism: The role of age, autism severity, quality of life and problem behaviour of children and adolescents with autism

Autism

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 502-510

  McStay, Rebecca L ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a   Scheeren, Anke ^b   Koot, Hans M ^b   Begeer, Sander ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

age; autism; autism severity; parenting stress; problem behaviour; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897993052     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361313485163     Document Type: Article

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