Open AccessΠοιότητα ζωής και ψυχική υγεία των μητέρων με παιδί/ά στο φάσμα του αυτισμού: Επισκόπηση ευρημάτων
Author(s) -
Αναστασία Ζήση,
Σοφία Μαυροπούλου
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychologia: to periodiko tīs ellīnikīs psychologikīs etaireias/psychologia. to periodiko tīs ellīnikīs psychologikīs etaireias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2732-6640
pISSN - 1106-5737
DOI - 10.12681/psy_hps.23600
Subject(s) - mental health , hardiness (plants) , psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , variety (cybernetics) , autism , quality (philosophy) , explanatory model , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , computer science , horticulture , cultivar , biology
The present paper is a critical review of a representative corpus of studies extending from the ’70s until today, that examine the quality of life and mental health of parents, and especially mothers who raise at least one child with autism. This review aims at identifying the factors influencing mental health and perceived quality of life of parents withchildren within the autistic spectrum, drawing on the theoretical model of quality of life developed by Zissi & Barry (2006). This theoretical model posits that quality of life is associated with a variety of factors such as; a), objective living conditions that relate to family socio-economic status and its type, the severity of autism, and the access to therapeutic services, and b) socio-psychological processes that relate to the different explanatory models, the hardiness, the general life outlook and the quality of ties. This model predicts that socio-psychological processes mediate the relationship between objective living conditions, mental health and subjective evaluations of quality of life.