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The thorn in the dyad: A vision on parent-child relationship in autism spectrum disorder

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Del Bianco, Teresa
Ozturk, Yagmur
Basadonne, Ilaria
Mazzoni, Noemi
Venuti, Paola

Abstract / Description

Parents and children form a family: their characteristics balance personal and family well-being with healthy levels of stress. Research on parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) demonstrated that higher levels of parental stress are associated with communication impairment, a core symptom of ASD. The aim of this article is to discuss the connection between non-verbal communication impairment and parental psychological distress, in families with children with ASD. The interaction between atypical communication and distress of parents likely determines a cascade effect on the parent-child dyad; in fact, it decreases the quality and frequency of interactions, preventing the establishment of a healthy parent-child relationship and leading to a series of collateral problems. To this perspective, guiding the parents to reframe their children’s atypical communicative behaviour can relieve parental stress and re-program the interactional routine. This observation stresses the importance of interventions centred on the dyad, especially during early development and soon after the diagnosis, when the communicative impairment may be extremely severe.

Keyword(s)

Autism Spectrum Disorder parent-child relationship non-verbal communication parental stress intervention

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Date of first publication

2018-08-31

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

14

Issue

3

Page numbers

695–709

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

Publication status

publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Citation

Del Bianco, T., Ozturk, Y., Basadonne, I., Mazzoni, N., & Venuti, P. (2018). The thorn in the dyad: A vision on parent-child relationship in autism spectrum disorder. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(3), 695–709. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i3.1453
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Del Bianco, Teresa
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Ozturk, Yagmur
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Basadonne, Ilaria
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Mazzoni, Noemi
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Venuti, Paola
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T10:00:26Z
  • Made available on
    2018-11-21T10:00:26Z
  • Date of first publication
    2018-08-31
  • Abstract / Description
    Parents and children form a family: their characteristics balance personal and family well-being with healthy levels of stress. Research on parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) demonstrated that higher levels of parental stress are associated with communication impairment, a core symptom of ASD. The aim of this article is to discuss the connection between non-verbal communication impairment and parental psychological distress, in families with children with ASD. The interaction between atypical communication and distress of parents likely determines a cascade effect on the parent-child dyad; in fact, it decreases the quality and frequency of interactions, preventing the establishment of a healthy parent-child relationship and leading to a series of collateral problems. To this perspective, guiding the parents to reframe their children’s atypical communicative behaviour can relieve parental stress and re-program the interactional routine. This observation stresses the importance of interventions centred on the dyad, especially during early development and soon after the diagnosis, when the communicative impairment may be extremely severe.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Del Bianco, T., Ozturk, Y., Basadonne, I., Mazzoni, N., & Venuti, P. (2018). The thorn in the dyad: A vision on parent-child relationship in autism spectrum disorder. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(3), 695–709. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i3.1453
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1116
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1308
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i3.1453
  • Keyword(s)
    Autism Spectrum Disorder
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  • Keyword(s)
    parent-child relationship
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  • Keyword(s)
    non-verbal communication
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  • Keyword(s)
    parental stress
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  • Keyword(s)
    intervention
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    The thorn in the dyad: A vision on parent-child relationship in autism spectrum disorder
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    3
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    695–709
  • Volume
    14
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