Factors Influencing Despair, Self-blame, and Acceptance Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Malaysian Perspective.
Muhammad Hanif Abd Latif, Wan Salwina Wan Ismail, Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf and 1 others
PMID 37987948WHAT IT FOUND
Parents with higher education and children in school reported less despair.
Chinese ethnicity linked to more self-blame and less acceptance. Parents with medical illness and children on antipsychotics reported more despair and self-blame. Married parents had higher acceptance. Cross-sectional design limits causal claims.
Key findings
01Higher parental education and children attending school were associated with lower parental despair.
02Chinese ethnicity was associated with higher parental self-blame and lower parental acceptance.
03Parents with medical illness and children taking antipsychotics reported higher levels of despair and self-blame.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The study used non-probability convenience sampling from an urban university hospital, so results may not generalize to rural populations or those with less access to information. The cross-sectional design prevents establishing cause-and-effect relationships. The study did not analyze mothers and fathers separately due to limited numbers, missing potential gender differences in parental adjustment. Data relied on self-reported questionnaires, which are subject to recall bias. The regression models had low explanatory power, meaning many factors influencing parental adjustment were not captured.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret these associations as causes. For example, do not assume that enrolling a child in school will directly reduce parental despair, or that prescribing antipsychotics causes parental self-blame. The study only shows that these factors occur together at one point in time.