Through a trauma-based lens: a qualitative analysis of the experience of parenting a child with an autism spectrum disorder Stewart, Michelle, Knight, Therese, McGillivray, Jane, Forbes, David and Austin, David W. 2016, Through a trauma-based lens: a qualitative analysis of the experience of parenting a child with an autism spectrum disorder, Journal of intellectual and developmental disability, vol. In Press, pp. 1-11, doi: 10.3109/13668250.2016.1232379. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Through a trauma-based lens: a qualitative analysis of the experience of parenting a child with an autism spectrum disorder Author(s) Stewart, Michelle Knight, Therese orcid.org/0000-0002-9231-9582 McGillivray, Jane orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-6488 Forbes, David Austin, David W. orcid.org/0000-0002-1296-3555 Journal name Journal of intellectual and developmental disability Volume number In Press Start page 1 End page 11 Total pages 11 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2016-09-16 ISSN 1366-8250 1469-9532 Keyword(s) autism ASD mothers behaviours stressors trauma Summary Background Although parents of children with autism spectrum disorder exhibit high levels of parenting stress, minimal research has examined the type of stress they experience. Understanding parenting stress is critical as the effects are not limited to the parent. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of conceptualising parenting stress within a traumatic stress framework. Method Twelve mothers participated in focus groups, which were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used, then researchers examined for spontaneous reporting of DSM-5-defined traumatic stressors and trauma symptomatology. Results Forty percent of mothers experienced traumatic stressors and trauma-related symptomatology. Sixty percent of mothers did not report traumatic stressors but reported trauma-related symptomatology regardless. Conclusions The use of a traumatic stress framework to conceptualise some parenting experiences was supported. This finding has important implications for the development of interventions to prevent or reduce stress. Language eng DOI 10.3109/13668250.2016.1232379 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 1103 Clinical Sciences 1607 Social Work 1608 Sociology Socio Economic Objective 920410 Mental Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30086269 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sun, 25 Sep 2016, 00:50:44 EST Sun, 25 Sep 2016, 00:51:39 EST Sun, 25 Sep 2016, 05:00:06 EST Mon, 26 Sep 2016, 08:11:12 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:51:35 EST Sat, 28 Jan 2017, 05:03:06 EST Thu, 02 Feb 2017, 13:15:42 EST Thu, 02 Feb 2017, 13:24:11 EST Thu, 02 Feb 2017, 13:25:09 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 13:46:06 EST Sat, 01 Jul 2017, 02:34:10 EST Sat, 08 Jul 2017, 02:34:12 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 21 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sun, 25 Sep 2016, 00:51:39 EST

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