Parental stress, depression and quality of family life in primary caregivers of people with ASD
Abstract
This article aims to expand the knowledge about parental stress of the main caregivers of people with ASD in Uruguay. A cross-sectional study was carried out in which the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Survey and the Beck Depression Inventory‐II were applied. 106 main caregivers participated, mostly mothers (87.4 %), who reported high levels of stress. Depressive symptomatology was associated with the global level of parental stress and parental distress. An inverse relationship was found between family stress and family quality of life (QOLF); reported a satisfactory level of QOLF with low levels of emotional well-being. Inverse relationships were found between family interaction and parental role with the dysfunctional parent-child interaction factor. The results suggest integrating assessments on parental stress in interventions with people with ASD, considering the impact of emotional well-being on the quality of family life.
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