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- Title
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A qualitative study : Chinese father's experiences of living with a child with autism spectrum disorder
- English Abstract
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The present study aims to understand the life experiences of a Chinese father whose child was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). A qualitative case study approach was adopted to capture four participants’ experiences through semistructured interviews. Within-case and across-case analysis was done to gain a deeper understanding of the participants` different interpretations of their experiences of raising an ASD child. The findings suggested that Chinese fathers with a child living with ASD present typical “hero” characteristics, even though they experience various stressors that impact the father’s personal well-being. The findings also presented that a range of coping resources and strategies were employed but those strategies were not enough to cope with the difficulties in raising a child with ASD. The insights gained from this study provided information about what could be improved in our clinical psychological services, and gave us ideas to promote fathers` involvement in raising the ASD child efficiently.
- Issue date
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2014.
- Author
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Hou, Qian Hua
- Faculty
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Faculty of Social Sciences
- Department
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Department of Psychology
- Degree
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M.Soc.Sc.
- Subject
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Autism spectrum disorders -- Case studies
Autistic children -- Family relationships
Father and child
- Supervisor
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Schalkwyk, Gertina J. van
- Files In This Item
- Location
- 1/F Zone C
- Library URL
- 991008367419706306