Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: ABSTRACT \nPERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY AND WELL-BEING \nIN FATHERS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM \nby \n?? Blake R. Burnham 2010 \nMaster of Arts in Psychology: \nPsychological Science Option \nCalifornia State University, Chico \nFall 2010 \nThe current study examines the relationship between parent beliefs about selfefficacy \nand well-being reports of depression, stress, and guilt in fathers of children with \nautism. Two additional cognitions of parental agency and knowledge of autism were also \nexamined for their potential relationship with paternal self-efficacy. A sample of 28 \nfathers caring for a child with autism was asked to fill out 7 questionnaires totaling 138 \nquestions. Participants were solicited through local autism agencies and completed the \nsurvey online or with a paper copy. Results indicated that depression and stress have a \nsignificant negative correlation with paternal self-efficacy. Post hoc regression analysis \nrevealed that only stress accounted for a significant amount of variance in self-efficacy \nwhile depression did not. The current study is a replication of a previous study that \nfocused on self-efficacy in mothers of children with autism. The results in the current \nstudy on fathers of children with autism differ from previous research on mothers that \nx \nfound a variety of predictors for self-efficacy including depression, stress, guilt, and \nagency. Based on the current results, interventions for fathers of children with autism \nshould strongly consider a father???s stress levels since there is a very strong impact on \nself-efficacy.
Author: Blake R. Burnham
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1757145862