Explaining and Selecting Treatments for Autism: Parental Explanatory Models in Taiwan |
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Authors: | Yea-Ing Lotus Shyu Jia-Ling Tsai Wen-Che Tsai |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan;(2) Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung San South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan; |
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Abstract: | Parental explanatory models about autism influence the type of therapy a child receives, the child’s well-being, and the parents’ own psychological adaptation. This qualitative study explored explanatory models used by parents of children with autism. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 parents of children with autism from a medical center in Taiwan. Despite high educational background, most of these parents attributed their child’s autism to both biomedical and supernatural etiologies without apparent conflicts. These parents chose a wide variety of treatment strategies, including biomedical and alternative treatments, which often created time/energy pressures and financial burden, and were influenced by parents’ cause attribution. Parents’ illness explanations influence their treatment selections and need to be understood and accepted by health care providers. |
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