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Depression and parental distress among caregivers of autistic children: a serial mediator analysis in caregivers of autistic children

dc.contributor.coauthorDemirpençe Seçinti, Dilara
dc.contributor.coauthorDiş, Dilan
dc.contributor.coauthorŞen, Ezgi
dc.contributor.departmentKUH (Koç University Hospital)
dc.contributor.kuauthorAlbayrak, Zeynep Seda
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteKUH (KOÇ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL)
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-29T09:36:40Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractBackground This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the severity of autism, emotional and behavioral problems of autistic children, internalized stigma, depressive symptoms, and primary caregiver parental stress. Specifically, we explored the mediating role of internal stigmatization and total difficulties of individuals with autism on parenting stress and depressive symptoms of the primary caregiver.Method Mothers of 93 children with autism were included in the study. The mothers were given the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), The Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMI), the Autism Behavior Checklist, the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, Strength, and Difficulties Questionnaire -Parent Form (SDQ-P).Results As a result of our study, the emotional and behavioral problems of the child and the internalized stigmatization felt by the parent played a mediator role in the relationship between the child's autism severity and the parent's stress and depressive symptoms.Conclusions Our findings highlight that internalized stigmatization and behavioral characteristics of individuals with autism are among the most critical problems for their primary caregivers. These results have important implications for the development of interventions aimed at reducing the internalized stigma experienced by primary caregivers of individuals with autism and for improving their mental health outcomes.
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dc.description.indexedbyScopus
dc.description.indexedbyPubMed
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.openaccessgold, Green Accepted
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.description.volume12
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s40359-024-01704-x
dc.identifier.eissn2050-7283
dc.identifier.quartileQ1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85195628557
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01704-x
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/22119
dc.identifier.wos1243817500001
dc.keywordsParental distress
dc.keywordsDepression
dc.keywordsStigmatization
dc.keywordsAutistic children
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.relation.ispartofBMC Psychology
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.titleDepression and parental distress among caregivers of autistic children: a serial mediator analysis in caregivers of autistic children
dc.typeJournal Article
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local.contributor.kuauthorAlbayrak, Zeynep Seda
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