SOCIAL WORK AND MANAGEMENT ›› 2018, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (4): 34-39.

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The Influence of Autistic Children on Families and the Coping Strategies: An Understanding Framework Based on Literature Review

Li Xuehui   

  1. School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
  • Received:2018-03-20 Online:2018-07-15 Published:2018-07-13

Abstract: Children diagnosed with autism will bring stress to the families, and the effects are sustained and far-reaching. Autistic children bring mental pressure and role stress to their parents, and further affect the relationship between husband and wife, parent-child relationship, and sibling relationship. The family coping strategy can be executed from two aspects:internally, adjustment of the relationship between husband and wife, adaption of expectations for the children, re-planning family division within the family; and externally, families can seek social support, doing policy advocacy or seeking organization. Based on the above analysis, a framework is built to understand the influence to families, which is also useful for social work in the practical work process.

Key words: autistic children, family members, coping strategies, family stress

CLC Number: 

  • C916
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