Trait anxiety and functioning of children with Asperger’s syndrome: mediating role of protective attitude
Journal Title: Psychoterapia - Year 2012, Vol 162, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim. To determine the relationships between trait anxiety, mothers’ parental attitudes and functioning of children with Asperger’s syndrome (AS) and verification of the hypothesis on the mediating role of parental attitude in relation between trait anxiety and AS child functioning. Method. The participants were 55 (mean age 39 years) mothers having one child with AS. The Polish adaptation of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Parental Attitudes Scale and the Child Difficulties Checklist were the measures used. Results. Correlation between trait anxiety and child functioning (difficulties intensity) was r = 0.47; p < 0.001. Four fifths parental attitudes considered in the study related to child functioning. Mothers’ autonomous attitude correlated negatively ( r = -0.28; p < 0.05), whereas demanding, inconsistent and protective attitudes were related positively (respectively r = 0.30, r = 0.33 i r = 0.52; ps < 0.05). Adopting regression analyses predictive value of parental attitudes was established and their mediating function tested. Conclusions. Trait anxiety relates positively to the extent of child difficulties and demanded support. Protective attitude is a significant predictor of AS child functioning and a mediator of the effect of trait anxiety on AS child functioning.
Authors and Affiliations
Dorota Włodarczyk, Milena Otto
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP161438
- DOI -
- Views 55
- Downloads 0
Model rozwoju tożsamości feministycznej — założenia, korelaty, implikacje
Autorka przedstawia model rozwoju tożsamości feministycznej, zaproponowany w 1985 r. przez Nancy Downing i Kristin Rousch, łączący obszary zainteresowania psychologii społecznej i klinicznej. Opis modelu poprzedza wprowa...
The use of elements of aggression replacement training in the treatment of a boy with behavioral and emotional disorders and ADHD
The study presents methods of work with a 10 year-old boy causing significant educational problems. He was diagnosed with the micro damages in left temporal lobe, as well as ADHD and oppositional defiant disorders. The b...
Percepcja więzi z rodzicami i zmiany nasilenia objawów u pacjentów uczestniczących w krótkoterminowej psychodynamiczno-interpersonalnej psychoterapii grupowej
Cel pracy Celem badań było sprawdzenie, czy w trakcie krótkoterminowej psychodynamiczno-interpersonalnej psychoterapii grupowej zachodzi zmiana w zakresie percepcji więzi z rodzicami i czy ma ona związek ze zmianą nasil...
The effectiveness of Gestalt therapy in the area of emotion regulation conducted in patients with neurotic/anxiety disorders
ObjectivesThe aim of the paper is to evaluate effectiveness of Gestalt therapy in the area of emotion regulation. Affective processes and regulation of emotion take an important part in aetiology and clinical description...
Dialog according to Antoni Kępiński: comments to the session „The patient as the person”
The article is a comment to Anna Liberadzka’s lecture „From patient to person” and Tadeusz Gadacz’s paper „Professor Antoni Kępiński — dialogical thinker” presented at the „The patient as the person” session, during the...