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Parenting A Child With Autism: Predictors Of Parental Self-Efficacy, Robert Milton Guy
Parenting A Child With Autism: Predictors Of Parental Self-Efficacy, Robert Milton Guy
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
As the rate of children being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) increases, so too does the number of parents learning to cope with their child’s disability and its effects on their own health, well-being, and parental self-efficacy. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which subjective social status, parental social supports, and fatigue were factors predicting parental self-efficacy in parents of children diagnosed with ASD residing in the state of Oregon. Bandura’s social cognitive theory was used to frame this study. The sample for this study consisted of 120 parents of children diagnosed with ASD …
Oppositional Behavior Parallels In Toddlers And Teens And Parent’S Response, Michele Dimmett
Oppositional Behavior Parallels In Toddlers And Teens And Parent’S Response, Michele Dimmett
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Parents seem to manage oppositional conduct of toddlers but struggle emotionally and physically with oppositional conduct of teenagers, despite similarities in the behaviors. Self-efficacy theory, psychological theory of development, and theory of mind guided the conceptualization of how parents perceive and respond to these two sensitive periods of development. This contrasted group quantitative study pursued measurable similarities in the experience of first-time parents of children aged 18-36 months and 14-15 years of age. Establishing parents’ confidence level in their parenting skills and how they perceive and respond to their child's oppositional behavior was also a factor. One hundred and seventy-five …