Predictors of family adaptation: Stressors, resources, coping strategies and perceptions of parents of children with autism

• Main Author: Magdoza, Ma. Margarita A., II
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Parents of autistic children—Psychology; Autistic children—Family relationships; Autism; Adaptability (Psychology); Child Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6054; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_masteral/article/13188/viewcontent/CDTG004271_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

The focus of this research was to gain a better understanding of autism, and its effects on family life. Studies have been done on the behavioral and cognitive effects of autism on the affected child, and how those effects manifest themselves into family life. Only limited studies were found, howeve...