Bitsika, Vicki

Sharpley, Christopher F

2020

The associations between sons' challenging behaviour and mothers' anxiety and depression were investigated in four age-subgroups of boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their mothers (<i>n</i>=49). Significant correlations were found only for the 6-yr-old boys' irritability and their mothers' anxiety (<i>r</i>=.808) and depression (<i>r</i>=.762), and for the 7-yr-old boys' stereotypy and their mothers' depression (<i>r</i>=.745). MANOVA and ANOVA found no significant differences between the irritability of the 6-yr-old boys and that of the remaining boys, nor between the 7-yr-olds' stereotypy and the remaining boys, plus no significant difference in the mothers' anxiety and depression scores across age groups. Implications are drawn for counselling and psychotherapy.

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 48(3), p. 406-417

1469-3534

0306-9885

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29891

en

Routledge

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Age-related differences in the association between autistic sons' challenging behaviour and maternal anxiety and depression: implications for counsellors

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