Parenting attitude towards children with autism spectrum disorders: the Japan environment and children's study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the parenting attitudes towards children with autism spectrum disorders in early childhood in Japan.

Design

This study was a cohort study. The participants were enrolled from January 2011 to March 2014. We obtained the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders at 3 years of age, parenting attitudes and other factors from questionnaires. We divided the participants into two groups, an autism spectrum disorders group and a non-autism spectrum disorders group, and compared the parenting attitudes.

Setting

This study used data from a Japanese birth cohort study: the Japan Environment and Children's Study, conducted across 15 regional centres in Japan.

Participants

The full dataset of the Japan Environme

SUBMITTER: Kanamori K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11002392 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature