A Multi-Level Investigation of the Association between Sensory Features in Boys and Adolescents with ASD and Their Mothers' Anxiety and Depression

Title
A Multi-Level Investigation of the Association between Sensory Features in Boys and Adolescents with ASD and Their Mothers' Anxiety and Depression
Publication Date
2017
Author(s)
Bitsika, Vicki
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2518-6684
Email: vbitsik2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:vbitsik2
Sharpley, Christopher
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7922-4848
Email: csharpl3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:csharpl3
Mills, Richard
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer New York LLC
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1007/s10882-017-9561-1
UNE publication id
une:23064
Abstract
The association between boys' Sensory Features (SF) and their mothers' anxiety and depression was investigated in two groups of boys with ASD (M age Gp 1 = 7.5 yr.; M age Gp 2 = 14.3 yr). Mothers completed the Sensory Profile (SP) on their sons, and the GAD7 and PHQ9 on themselves. Results indicated significant associations between mothers' GAD7 scores and the boys' SP quadrant scores (global level), between GAD7 scores and Auditory, Visual and Touch Processing Domains (subscale level), and between boys' specific SF-related Visual and Touch behaviours and specific symptoms of mothers' GAD7 and PHQ9 scores (item level). Implications for clinical interventions with parents of these children are described.
Link
Citation
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 29(6), p. 895-909
ISSN
1573-3580
1056-263X
Start page
895
End page
909

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