Research Article

Resilience among Parents and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Table 1

Descriptive measures separated by children’s sex.

Male ()
Mean (SD)
Female ()
Mean (SD)

Participation
Home68.85 (14.05)74.48 (13.25)
Community61.88 (14.48)67.97 (09.70)
Total66.06 (13.30)71.88 (11.08)
Child resilience
Individual
 Peer support63.25 (22.67)62.50 (24.80)
 Personal skills73.08 (10.89)69.79 (15.39)
 Social skills77.78 (16.12)77.78 (14.54)
 Total individual72.46 (12.10)70.83 (13.92)
Caregiver
 Physical caregiving82.91 (08.95)79.17 (07.71)
 Psychological caregiving88.72 (07.97)93.33 (05.04)
 Total caregiver87.06 (07.07)89.29 (04.92)
Context
 Spiritual51.71 (16.12)50.00 (15.43)
 Educational70.94 (26.68)70.83 (21.36)
 Cultural74.64 (15.70)79.17 (21.77)
 Total context66.38 (14.41)68.06 (15.64)
Overall resilience75.45 (09.50)75.95 (10.78)
Parent resilience
Child-raising knowledge30.19 (17.06)27.14 (24.14)
Perceived social support35.86 (20.50)32.94 (22.10)
Perception of parenting50.65 (23.39)53.57 (28.72)
Total25.51 (23.17)31.49 (18.06)
Parental stress55.87 (11.03)58.75 (11.08)
Child difficulty78.13 (14.73)72.29 (18.71)