The effects of coping style,social support,and behavioral problems on the well-being of mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Lebanon |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Occupational Therapy & Social Work, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;2. School of Occupational Therapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;3. Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences (IMH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University & Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, UHL, County Council, Linköping, Sweden;4. Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Autism CRC), Long Pocket, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;1. Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University, Australia;2. Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Australia;1. Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy;2. Department of Computational Biology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), San Michele all’Adige, Italy;1. I.R.C.C.S. Children''s Hospital Bambino Gesù, Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Piazza S. Onofrio, 4, 00165 Rome, Italy;2. L.U.M.S.A. Dipartimento di Scienze Umane della Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (L.U.M.S.A.), Rome, Italy;3. I.R.C.C.S. Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Via Provinciale Palermo, S.S.113, Contrada Casazza, Messina 98124, Italy;1. Department of Psychiatry, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon;2. Ministry of public health, Lebanon;3. Department of Nursing, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon;4. Department of Pediatrics, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon;5. Department of Epidemiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Abstract: | The present study examined the effects of coping styles, social support, and child's behavioral symptoms on the well-being of 65 mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Lebanon. Comparisons to the well-being of 98 mothers of typically developing children were also drawn. Regression analyses showed that disengagement and distraction coping predicted poor well-being, whereas cognitive reframing showed a correlation with better well-being levels. A significant correlation was found between child's behavioral problems and maternal well-being. T-test analyses revealed that mothers of children with ASD differed in terms of coping styles used. Additionally, mothers of children with ASD showed lower levels of perceived social support. Well-being was significantly better for mothers of typically developing children. Study limitations and implications are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Autism Spectrum Disorders Behavioral problems Coping styles Lebanon Social support Maternal well-being |
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