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Families of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders in Taiwan.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Families of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders in Taiwan./
作者:	Lin, Ling-Yi.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (119 pages)
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 70-07, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International70-07B.
標題:	Physical therapy. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3334570click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780549874386

Families of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders in Taiwan.
Lin, Ling-Yi.

Families of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders in Taiwan. - 1 online resource (119 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 70-07, Section: B.

Thesis (Sc.D.)--Boston University, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references

Understanding the functioning of families of individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is essential to practitioners who provide family-centered interventions. This dissertation aimed to examine (1) how family adaptation and maternal well-being differ in families of adolescents and adults with an ASD in Taiwan and in the United States, (2) the predictors of family adaptation and maternal well-being in each culture, and (3) how Chinese cultural stressors and values influence family adaptation and maternal well-being in Taiwanese families. In the first study, 76 mothers of adolescent and adults with an ASD in Taiwan were compared to a group of 325 mothers in the United States. The two groups were matched on the age range of the son or daughter with an ASD. Mothers completed self-reported written questionnaires and participated in a semi-structured interview. The Taiwanese mothers reported significantly lower levels of family adaptability and cohesion, higher levels of depressive symptoms, lower levels of anxiety symptoms, and greater use of problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies than did the mothers in the United States. Differences in demographic characteristics, which may reflect cultural expectations, accounted for some of the differences in family adaptability and maternal depressive symptoms between the two cultural groups. Some of the factors influencing outcomes for Taiwanese families were similar to those previously identified in the literature for families from Western cultures. In the second study we conducted a within culture examination of 76 mothers in Taiwan. We examined participants' responses in the self-reported questionnaire and used verbatim statements extracted from semi-structured interviews to investigate their perceptions of cultural stressors, Chinese cultural values, and caregiver concerns when caring for their son or daughter with an ASD. Taiwanese mothers reported experiencing high levels of strain caring for their son or daughter with an ASD. This caregiving strain may be impacted by the lack of a supportive broader social system, including health, educational, vocational, and long-term care services. Cultural stressors were less frequently identified than other societal stressors, indicating that not all Taiwanese mothers perceived that cultural stressors had negative impacts on family cohesion and caregiving burden when raising their son or daughter. In addition, Chinese cultural values were positively associated with the quality of the mother-child relationship for Taiwanese mothers. The findings of these descriptive and correlational studies add to our understanding of how cultural beliefs and expectations may influence family responses to caring for a family member with an ASD. The results from these cross-cultural studies also provided information to assist implementation of family-centered interventions to meet the needs of families of adolescents and adults with an ASD, particularly those in Taiwan.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780549874386Subjects--Topical Terms:

588713
Physical therapy.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Autism spectrum disordersIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

Families of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders in Taiwan.
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