The Influence of ASD Severity on Parental Overload: The Moderating Role of Parental Well-Being and the ASD Pragmatic Level

Lira Rodríguez, Eva M.; Pascual, Rocío Cremallet; Sanclemente, Miguel Puyuelo; Martín-Hernández, Pilar; Gil-Lacruz, Marta; Gil-Lacruz, Ana I.

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The Influence of ASD Severity on Parental Overload: The Moderating Role of Parental Well-Being and the ASD Pragmatic Level

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Eva M. Lira Rodríguez

^1,*

,

Rocío Cremallet Pascual

¹,

Miguel Puyuelo Sanclemente

¹,

Pilar Martín-Hernández

²

,

Marta Gil-Lacruz

³

and

Ana I. Gil-Lacruz

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¹

Faculty of Human Sciences and Education, University of Zaragoza, 22003 Huesca, Spain

²

Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 40003 Teruel, Spain

³

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

⁴

School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Children 2022, 9(6), 769; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060769

Submission received: 18 February 2022 / Revised: 17 May 2022 / Accepted: 17 May 2022 / Published: 24 May 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Autism and Children)

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The aim of the present study is to analyze the relation between the severity of symptoms in people with ASD on their parents’ overload, moderated by parental well-being and the ASD pragmatic level. A sample consisted of 28 fathers and mothers whose children had ASD. The obtained results showed that the higher the ASD severity, the better the parental overload was perceived if parents had low well-being levels. However, this relation did not occur if the parental well-being level was high. Moreover, the relation between severity and parental overload moderated by parental well-being occurred regardless of the pragmatic language level. Therefore, the main results of this study are that the responsibility for parental overload depends more on parental well-being than on the symptom severity of the person with ASD. The relevance of carrying out interventions with not only people with ASD, but also with their parents or caregivers for their well-being is highlighted.

Keywords: autism; pragmatic language; parents; overload; well-being

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Lira Rodríguez, E.M.; Pascual, R.C.; Sanclemente, M.P.; Martín-Hernández, P.; Gil-Lacruz, M.; Gil-Lacruz, A.I. The Influence of ASD Severity on Parental Overload: The Moderating Role of Parental Well-Being and the ASD Pragmatic Level. Children 2022, 9, 769. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060769

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Lira Rodríguez EM, Pascual RC, Sanclemente MP, Martín-Hernández P, Gil-Lacruz M, Gil-Lacruz AI. The Influence of ASD Severity on Parental Overload: The Moderating Role of Parental Well-Being and the ASD Pragmatic Level. Children. 2022; 9(6):769. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060769

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Lira Rodríguez, Eva M., Rocío Cremallet Pascual, Miguel Puyuelo Sanclemente, Pilar Martín-Hernández, Marta Gil-Lacruz, and Ana I. Gil-Lacruz. 2022. "The Influence of ASD Severity on Parental Overload: The Moderating Role of Parental Well-Being and the ASD Pragmatic Level" Children 9, no. 6: 769. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060769

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Lira Rodríguez, E. M., Pascual, R. C., Sanclemente, M. P., Martín-Hernández, P., Gil-Lacruz, M., & Gil-Lacruz, A. I. (2022). The Influence of ASD Severity on Parental Overload: The Moderating Role of Parental Well-Being and the ASD Pragmatic Level. Children, 9(6), 769. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060769

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