Perceived Stress and Depressive Symptoms Among Mothers of Children with ASD After the Recent Earthquakes in Türkiye: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Support.

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Psychiatry-Interpersonal and Biological Processes Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI:10.1080/00332747.2025.2475550

Fethiye Kılıçaslan, Mehmet Emin Düken, Fatma Kızıldağ, Şevval Ocak

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and social support among mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) compared to mothers of typically developing (TD) children following major earthquakes in Türkiye. Additionally, to examine whether perceived social support mediates the relationship between stress and depressive symptoms in mothers of children with ASD.

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted between April 2023 and September 2023. The participants consist of mothers of children with ASD (n = 77) and mothers of TD children (n = 122). The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS program and Process Macro v3.5 package.

Results: The results of the study showed that mothers of children with ASD had higher stress and depressive symptoms and lower social support than mothers of TD children. It was revealed that the perceived stress predicted 29.0% of the perceived social support (R²). The perceived stress, along with the perceived social support, explained 56.6% of the variation in depressive symptoms in mothers of children with ASD.

Conclusion: Increasing perceived social support for mothers of children with ASD could be an effective way to reduce psychological distress following a disaster.

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日本震灾后ASD患儿母亲的感知压力和抑郁症状：感知社会支持的中介作用

目的：评估自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的母亲与正常发育（TD）儿童的母亲在震灾后的感知压力、抑郁症状和社会支持。此外，研究感知社会支持是否在ASD儿童母亲的压力和抑郁症状之间起中介作用。方法：横断面描述性研究于2023年4月至2023年9月进行。参与者包括ASD儿童的母亲（n = 77）和TD儿童的母亲（n = 122）。数据采用个人信息表、感知社会支持多维量表（MSPSS）、感知压力量表（PSS-14）和贝克抑郁量表（BDI）收集。采用IBM SPSS软件和Process Macro v3.5软件包对数据进行分析。结果：研究结果显示，ASD患儿的母亲比TD患儿的母亲有更高的压力和抑郁症状，社会支持更低。结果显示，压力感知对社会支持感知的预测率为29.0% （R2）。感知到的压力，以及感知到的社会支持，解释了自闭症儿童母亲抑郁症状变化的56.6%。结论：增加对自闭症儿童母亲的感知社会支持可能是减少灾难后心理困扰的有效途径。

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Psychiatry-Interpersonal and Biological Processes 医学-精神病学

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期刊介绍： Internationally recognized, Psychiatry has responded to rapid research advances in psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience, trauma, and psychopathology. Increasingly, studies in these areas are being placed in the context of human development across the lifespan, and the multiple systems that influence individual functioning. This journal provides broadly applicable and effective strategies for dealing with the major unsolved problems in the field.