Cross-cultural perspectives on the meaning of family quality of life: Comparing Korean immigrant families and Canadian families of children with autism spectrum disorder.

Most respondents were mothers, and the authors note this may limit generalizability to all caregivers. Korean families were recruited through a Korean immigrant support organization, so they may not represent Korean immigrant families without that support. Canadian families were grouped by self-identified Canadian nationality, but country of origin was not collected, so cultural differences within that group are unknown. Children in the Korean immigrant sample were much older than children in the Canadian sample, so age may have shaped parents' views. All interviews were in English, so non-English-speaking parents were not included. The samples were small and purposive, so the themes cannot be treated as generalizable to all families.

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest. Funding came from a BC SUPPORT Unit grant, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Research, and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award.

Do not read these themes as evidence that a culturally adapted service improves family quality of life. This study asked parents to describe their views. It did not test an intervention. The small, purposive samples also cannot be treated as representative of all Korean immigrant or Canadian families.