The children\u27s asthma programme : a survey of its effects

金沢大学大学院医学系研究

Development and Evaluation of a Parenting Resilience Elements Questionnaire (PREQ) Measuring Resiliency in Rearing Children with Developmental Disorders.

We developed a parenting resilience elements questionnaire (PREQ) measuring the degree to which mothers possess elements that aid in adapting to challenges and difficulties related to children with developmental disorders (DD). A total of 424 parents of children with DD were recruited from five medical institutes. Psychometric properties of PREQ were evaluated using data of 363 mothers of children with DD. Furthermore, multiple regression analysis was performed, predicting depressive symptoms and parenting behavior with PREQ subscales, a general health questionnaire, and the total difficulties score of a strength and difficulties questionnaire. Factor analysis revealed three reliable factors: "knowledge of the child's characteristics," "perceived social supports," and "positive perceptions of parenting." Moreover, multiple regression analysis showed that "knowledge of the child's characteristics" was associated with parenting behavior, whereas "perceived social supports" predicted depressive symptoms; "positive perceptions of parenting" influenced both parenting behavior and depressive symptoms. These findings indicated that the PREQ may be used as a scale measuring resiliency in mothers of children with DD and is useful for evaluating their parenting ability in clinical interventions

Results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.

<p>Results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.</p

Results of multiple regression analysis of PS and CES-D

<p>Results of multiple regression analysis of PS and CES-D</p

Demographic characteristics of participants and their children.

<p>Demographic characteristics of participants and their children.</p

The relationship of subscales and total score of PREQ with parenting style, psychological distress and the child’s behavior.

<p>The relationship of subscales and total score of PREQ with parenting style, psychological distress and the child’s behavior.</p

Means (standard deviations) of sum scores of each subscale in diagnostic groups (N = 363).

<p>Means (standard deviations) of sum scores of each subscale in diagnostic groups (N = 363).</p

Decision making processes based on social conventional rules in early adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorders.

悪い子の良い行動から何を読み取るか? : 自閉スペクトラム症を持つ小学生・中学生の善悪判断. 京都大学プレスリリース. 2016-11-30.Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by problems with reciprocal social interaction, repetitive behaviours/narrow interests, and impairments in the social cognition and emotional processing necessary for intention-based moral judgements. The aim of this study was to examine the information used by early adolescents with and without ASD when they judge story protagonists as good or bad. We predicted that adolescents with ASD would use protagonists' behaviour, while typically developing (TD) adolescents would use protagonists' characteristics when making the judgements. In Experiment 1, we measured sentence by sentence reading times and percentages for good or bad judgements. In Experiment 2, two story protagonists were presented and the participants determined which protagonist was better or worse. Experiment 1 results showed that the adolescents with ASD used protagonist behaviours and outcomes, whereas the TD adolescents used protagonist characteristics, behaviours, and outcomes. In Experiment 2, TD adolescents used characteristics information when making "bad" judgements. Taken together, in situations in which participants cannot go back and assess (Experiment 1), and in comparable situations in which all information is available (Experiment 2), adolescents with ASD do not rely on information about individual characteristics when making moral judgements