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Parental Self-perception in the Autism Spectrum Disorder Literature: a Systematic Mixed Studies Review

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Parental influence in child development in children with autism spectrum disorder is increasingly recognized as important. The primary aim of this systematic mixed method review was to systematically examine the psychological constructs of competence, control, and self-efficacy in the autism literature to assess their relevance for understanding self-perceptions of parents of children with autism. This review illustrates that self-efficacy can be merged into competence and the emergence of the coherence construct. Competence, control, and coherence are vitally important core concepts for understanding parents of children with autism. A unified nomenclature based upon the overarching concept of self-perception would organize the most pivotal constructs much more clearly and reduce redundancies. Specifically, the concept of “parental self-perception” is the most promising candidate for this superordinate concept.

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This research was supported by the Tryg Foundation, the Family Hede Nielsen Foundation, and the Central Denmark Region. Hanne Munch Kristiansen and Helene Sognstrup, Aarhus University Library, Psychiatry, provided professional library support to conduct the systematic literature search to conduct this review.

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Frantzen, K.K., Lauritsen, M.B., Jørgensen, M. et al. Parental Self-perception in the Autism Spectrum Disorder Literature: a Systematic Mixed Studies Review. Rev J Autism Dev Disord 3, 18–36 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-015-0063-8

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