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1. 'Tell Me about Your Child, the Relationship with Your Child and Your Parental Experiences': A Qualitative Study of Spontaneous Speech Samples among Parents Raising a Child with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy or Down Syndrome

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Lana E. De Clercq, Peter Prinzie, Chris Swerts, Els Ortibus, and Sarah S. W. De Pauw

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Ample quantitative studies have shown that parents raising children with neurodevelopmental disabilities are prone to experience more stress and challenges in their parenthood. Notwithstanding the strength of this line of research, qualitative studies are crucial to grasp the complex reality of these parenting experiences. This qualitative study adopted the Self-Determination Theory to analyze parents' described experiences, appraising both challenges and opportunities in parents' psychological need for autonomy, relatedness, and competence. A multi-group comparative design is adopted to examine similarities and differences in the perspectives of 160 parents raising an adolescent with autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, or without a disability (M age child = 13.09 years, 67.5% boys). Parents' perspectives were examined through speech samples probing parents to talk spontaneously about their child, their relationship with the child, and their parental experiences. Forty samples in each group were randomly chosen from a larger dataset and were analyzed using deductive thematic analysis. Parents of children with a disability described more need-frustrating but also more autonomy-satisfying experiences compared to parents of children without a disability. Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder reported the most challenges concerning their relatedness with their child and their own parental competence. Parents raising a child with cerebral palsy expressed the most worries about their child's future and continuity of care. Parents of a child with Down syndrome described the most need-satisfying experiences in their family life. This study offers a more balanced view on the realm of parenting a child with a neurodevelopmental disability.

Published
2022
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2. Expressed Emotion in Families of Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy and Down Syndrome: Relations with Parenting Stress and Parenting Behaviors

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Lana E, De Clercq, Peter, Prinzie, Petra, Warreyn, Bart, Soenens, Lisa M, Dieleman, and Sarah S W, De Pauw

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Male, Parents, Expressed Emotion, Parenting, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Humans, Female, Down Syndrome, Child, Stress, Psychological
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This study examined the family emotional climate as assessed by Five Minute Speech Samples and the relation with parenting stress and parenting behaviors among parents of children (6-17 years, 64.7% boys) with autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and without any known disability (n = 447). The large majority of parents (79%) showed low levels of Expressed Emotion, an indicator of a positive family climate. In all groups, more Emotional Over-involvement, more Criticism and fewer expressions of Warmth were associated with higher levels of parenting stress. Across groups, Emotional Over-involvement was related to more autonomy-supportive parenting, Criticism to more psychologically controlling and overreactive parenting, and Warmth was associated with more responsive and less psychologically controlling and overreactive parenting.

Published
2021

3. Parenting and Child Personality as Modifiers of the Psychosocial Development of Youth with Cerebral Palsy

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Lana E, De Clercq, Bart, Soenens, Lisa M, Dieleman, Peter, Prinzie, Jolene, Van der Kaap-Deeder, Wim, Beyers, and Sarah S W, De Pauw

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Male, Problem Behavior, Adolescent, Parenting, Cerebral Palsy, Humans, Female, Longitudinal Studies, Parent-Child Relations, Child, Personality
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This two-year longitudinal study addressed the joint contribution of parent-rated parenting behaviors and child personality on psychosocial outcomes in 118 families of children with Cerebral Palsy (M age Time 1 = 10.9 years old, 64.4% boys). Latent change modeling revealed intra-individual changes in children's psychosocial development as internalizing and externalizing behaviors increased from the first to the second assessment and psychosocial strengths increased from the second to the third assessment, whereas externally controlling and autonomy-supportive parenting behavior remained stable over time. Externally controlling parenting related to higher levels of, and increases in behavioral problems, with these associations being most pronounced among children low on Extraversion, Conscientiousness, or Imagination. Autonomy-supportive parenting related to higher levels of psychosocial strengths, with this association being most pronounced among children high on Emotional Stability.

Published
2020

4. Negative Controlling Parenting and Child Personality as Modifiers of Psychosocial Development in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study at the Level of Within-Person Change

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Lana E, De Clercq, Lisa M, Dieleman, Jolene, van der Kaap-Deeder, Bart, Soenens, Peter, Prinzie, and Sarah S W, De Pauw

Subjects
Male, Parents, Young Adult, Child Development, Adolescent, Parenting, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Humans, Female, Longitudinal Studies, Parent-Child Relations, Child, Personality
Abstract

This nine-year longitudinal study addresses the joint contribution of parent-rated negative controlling parenting and child personality on psychosocial outcomes in 141 families of children with autism spectrum disorder (83% boys, mean age Time 1 = 10.1). Latent change modeling revealed substantial variation in within-person change in parenting and psychosocial outcomes across a six- and three-year-interval. Over time, negative controlling parenting and child personality were consistently related to externalizing problems, whereas child personality was differentially related to internalizing problems and psychosocial strengths. Three personality-by-parenting interactions were significant, suggesting that children with less mature personality traits show more externalizing behaviors in the presence of controlling parenting. This study identified both parenting and child personality as important modifiers of developmental outcomes in youth with autism.

Published
2020

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