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    The predictors of parental stress and family resilience in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder
    (İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2019) Merdan, Ezgi Didem; Akırmak, Ümit
    One of the main goals of this study is to evaluate if the aberrant behaviors of children with autism in Turkey predict their mothers’ parenting stress and family resilience. The other aim is to investigate the mediating role of help-seeking intentions between problem behaviors of children and family resilience. Also, help-seeking intentions are analyzed to evaluate if it has a mediating effect between problem behaviors and parenting stress. Demographic Information Form, Parental Stress Index, Family Resilience Scale, Aberrant Behaviors Checklist and General Help-Seeking Questionnaire were used as the instruments of the research. Participants were 142 mothers with one child who has been previously diagnosed as having an Autism Spectrum Disorder from Kocaeli and Istanbul. Results indicated that aberrant behaviors of children predict parental stress. However, family resilience wasn’t predicted from the aberrant behaviors of children. Then, mediating effect of help-seeking behaviors was examined between aberrant behaviors of children and parenting stress of mothers; and also between aberrant behaviors and family resilience. Nevertheless, it was found that help-seeking intentions doesn’t mediate the relationship between aberrant behavior and parenting stress. Besides, the mediating effect of help-seeking intentions of aberrant behaviors on family resilience wasn’t supported by the current analyses. The results were discussed in the light of existing literature and clinical implications.