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Childhood autism and proactive family coping
— intergenerational perspectives | | Author(s) | Eva Kahana, Jeong Eun Lee, Jeffrey Kahana |
| Journal title | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 13, no 2, 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, 2015 |
| Pages | pp 150-166 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Children ; Autism ; Multi generation families ; Grandparents as carers ; Stress ; Adjustment. |
| Annotation | This article looked at the value of intergenerational and specifically, grandparent support, in the management of adaptive tasks posed by raising a young child with autism. The tasks addressed ranged from accessing early intervention to enhancing family social functioning. The study noted unique social, financial and health-related stressors faced by families of children with autism. It outlined an innovative, stress theory-based framework, the Autism Proactive Intergenerational Adaptation (APIA) Model, which delineated the role of grandparents in contributing to family adaptation to the stresses of raising a child with autism. Particular focus was on proactive family coping strategies in building resilience and ameliorating the adverse impact of stressors on quality of life (QOL) for individual family members and for the family unit. Finally the authors discussed barriers and facilitators of intergenerational alliances involving grandparent participation and support. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150724202 A |
| Classmark | SBC: E7A: SJC: P6:SW: QNH: DR |
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