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Parental Mental Health: The Role Of Parental Attachment To Their Child With Asd, Adrianna Elyse Holness
Parental Mental Health: The Role Of Parental Attachment To Their Child With Asd, Adrianna Elyse Holness
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Research suggests that parents of children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) experience higher levels of stress than both those of typically developing children and children with other developmental disabilities. Parental stress may spill over into additional domains of parental competence, impairing parental mental health, and parents’ ability to bond with their child. Little research has addressed the impact of the parent-child bond on parental stress. The current study used data from the Mindful Awareness for Parenting Stress project (MAPS) at Loma Linda University to further our understanding of parents’ attachment to the child and parental stress examining whether parental …