Culturally diverse families of young children with ASD in Sweden: Parental explanatory models.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research suggests that families' knowledge and cultural perceptions of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and beliefs about its etiology and prognosis, can affect parents' recognition of the first signs of autism in their children and influence help seeking and treatment decisions.

Objective

This study investigated explanatory models of autism among parents of young children with ASD in the multicultural context of Sweden.

Method

Seventeen parents from diverse cultural, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds participated in semi-structured interviews. A deductive approach to qualitative content analysis was used to analyze data. Five domains of the Explanatory Model supplementary module of the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) were used as coding categories, ope

SUBMITTER: Zakirova-Engstrand R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7384670 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature