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American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 1(120), p. 32-45, 2015

DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-120.1.32

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Caregiver Strain and Sensory Features in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities

Journal article published in 2015 by Anne V. Kirby ORCID, Tamira J. White, Grace T. Baranek
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

AbstractCaring for children with disabilities contributes to increased levels of parent stress or caregiver strain. However, the potential relationship of sensory features to strain among caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD) is unknown. Sensory features include overreactions, underreactions, and unusual interests in sensations, which may negatively impact family functioning. This descriptive study confirmed three caregiver strain types (i.e., objective, subjective internalized, subjective externalized) and explored differences among ASD (n = 71) and DD (n = 36) groups, with the ASD group reporting higher levels. Furthermore, this study explored the contribution of sensory features to caregiver strain, finding differential contributions to strain in the ASD group and covariate contributions (i.e., child cognition, mother's education) in the DD group.