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Relationship between Emotional Support for Parents and Autistic Children's Participation in Social and Physical

Karen Ratcliff1, Claudia L Hilton1, Patricia E Fingerhut1

  • 1Occupational Therapy Department, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.

Occupational Therapy in Health Care
|August 16, 2023
PubMed

Insights

Parental emotional support positively correlates with children's physical and social activities. However, this link was not significant for parents of autistic children, suggesting other factors are involved.

Area of Science:

  • Child Development
  • Pediatric Health
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • Parental emotional support is crucial for child well-being.
  • Understanding factors influencing children's participation in physical and social activities is important.
  • Previous research has not fully explored the nuances for children with autism spectrum disorder.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the correlation between parental emotional support and children's physical and social activity.
  • To examine if this correlation differs for children diagnosed with autism.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from 30,501 children aged 6-17 years from the 2020 National Survey of Children's Health.
  • Employed a retrospective cross-sectional study design.
  • Analyzed data using multivariate linear regression models.

Main Results:

  • Parental emotional support showed a statistically significant positive correlation with children's physical and social activity in the general sample.
  • This correlation was not statistically significant for parents of children diagnosed with autism.
  • Findings indicate a potential difference in the impact of parental emotional support for autistic children's activities.

Conclusions:

  • Parental emotional support is linked to increased activity levels in the general child population.
  • The relationship between parental emotional support and activity participation may be moderated by other factors for autistic children.
  • Further research is needed to identify these contributing factors for parents of autistic children.

Keywords:
Autistic childrenemotional supportnational surveyparticipation

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