AUTHOR=Chen Yirong , Cheng Tianyi , Lv Fangyan 

TITLE=Sense of Parenting Efficacy, Perceived Family Interactions, and Parenting Stress Among Mothers of Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorders

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.878158

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.878158

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=This study examined the relationship between maternal sense of parenting efficacy and parental stress in autistic children and the moderating effect of family interaction. A total of 263 mothers of autistic children were investigated with the Parenting Ability Scale, Family Interaction Scale and Parental Stress scale. The results showed that :(1) maternal sense of parenting efficacy significantly predicted parental stress in autistic children; (2) family interaction significantly moderated the relationship between maternal sense of parenting efficacy and parental stress in autistic children, that is, when family interaction was lower than -1.54 standard deviation, sense of parenting efficacy did not significantly predict parental stress. When family interaction was higher than -1.54 standard deviation, parenting efficacy had a significant negative predictive effect on parenting stress.