Primary caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: an exploration of the stressors, joys, and parental coping before and after out-of-home placement

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dc.contributor.authorCorman, Michael Kenneth
dc.contributor.supervisorChappell, Neena L.
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-27T23:38:54Z
dc.date.available2008-10-27T23:38:54Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2008-10-27T23:38:54Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Sociology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn the present phenomenological study, mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were interviewed using semi-structured, open-ended interview questions. The purpose of this study was to explore the stressors and joys, and parental coping associated with having a child with ASD, before and after out-of-home placement. A total of 9 mothers, six from British Columbia and three from Alberta, participated in the study. The findings suggest that along with stressors, parents experienced a multitude of joys throughout their caregiving experiences. Also, joys had an impact on caregiver's stress-coping process. This study, therefore, expanded upon current states of knowledge on the adaptational function of joys to caregivers of individuals with chronic conditions. In light of the findings, modified stress-coping process model based on the work of Lazarus and Folkman (1984), Folkman (1997), and Pearlin et al. (1990; 1980) is proposed. Also, findings shed light on mothers' lived-experiences leading up to and after out-of-home placement, illuminating an understudied aspect of caregiving for children with ASD.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1227
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectAutism Spectrum Disordersen_US
dc.subjectASDen_US
dc.subjectcaregiversen_US
dc.subjectmothersen_US
dc.subjectparental behaviouren_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Sociology::Familyen_US
dc.titlePrimary caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: an exploration of the stressors, joys, and parental coping before and after out-of-home placementen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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