Correlativity between autism symptoms and mental health of the autisms parents

JI Yong-juan,HE Li-na,WU Yuan,FU Ping,KUANG Gui-fang,ZHOU Chang-hong

Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2011, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (12) : 1133-1136.

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2011, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (12) : 1133-1136.

Correlativity between autism symptoms and mental health of the autisms parents

  • JI Yong-juan,HE Li-na,WU Yuan,FU Ping,KUANG Gui-fang,ZHOU Chang-hong
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【Objective】 To study the correlativity between autism symptoms and mental health of the autisms' parents. 【Methods】 34 autism children and 32 normal children were tested with Gesell Development Schedules(Gesell),Autism Behavior Checklist(ABC) and Social adaptive capability-measuring list from infant to junior school student(S-M),and their parents were tested with Symptom Check-List 90.Data were analyzed by t-test and multiple regression analysis with SPSS. 【Results】 Contrasted with control group,the autisms children had much higher ABC score,lower developmental quotient(DQ) and S-M score;The autisms' parents got more scores on SCL-90.The Gesell score was negative correlative with depression scale of SCL-90,ABC scores were positively correlated with the total score of SCL-90 and subscales on somatization, raletionship,depression, anxiety and paranoid. 【Conclusions】 The lower DQ and higher abnormal behavior of autisms children have a great influence on the mental health of the autisms' parents.So much intervention should be done for them.

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autisms / parents / mental health

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JI Yong-juan,HE Li-na,WU Yuan,FU Ping,KUANG Gui-fang,ZHOU Chang-hong. Correlativity between autism symptoms and mental health of the autisms parents[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2011, 19(12): 1133-1136

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