Parenting a Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Marital Status

NCT ID: NCT01435733

Last Updated: 2018-07-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: SUSPENDED
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-01-01

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the presence of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder places parents at increased risk for divorce.

Detailed Description

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are lifelong neurodevelopmental disorders involving a triad of impairments in communication and social reciprocity and increases in repetitive/restricted interests and behaviors. ASD includes: autistic disorder, Asperger's syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), Rett's syndrome, and childhood disintegrative disorder as pervasive developmental disorders (American Psychiatric Association [DSM-IV-TR], 2000).

Few disabilities appear to be more taxing on parents than ASDs.Parents of children with ASD fare worse on a variety of measures of well-being than parents of children without disabilities as well as parents of children with other types of disabilities.

Studies investigating the impact of a child with disabilities, specifically ASD, are inconclusive. However, parents of children with ASD may be at increased risk for divorce due to a variety of personal and disability related factors. In Israel the relationship of having a child with autism on the probability of divorce has not been tested yet. The aim of this study is to profile this relationship and determine the magnitude and directionality of the effect raising ASD children has on the resilience of the institution of marriage and the satisfaction both partners derive. This will be tested using a short telephone survey.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Parents of children with ASD

Parents with one or more children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• parents to a child with ASD

Exclusion Criteria

• none

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Sheba Medical Center

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Lidia Gabis, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sheba Medical Center

Gilad Gal, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Tel Aviv-Yafo Academic College

Klara Zislin, BA

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Sheba Medical Center

Locations

Weinberg Child Development Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer

Ramat Gan, , Israel

Countries

Israel

Other Identifiers

SHEBA-11-8552-LG-CTIL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id