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Resilience in families of autistic children and children with intellectual disability is associated with factors such as family functioning, social support, and financial strain. Little is known about family resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic when many resources were limited. This study examined the association of family resilience with child characteristics, family resources, and socioecological factors during the pandemic. Data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic from 734 United Kingdom parents/caregivers of children who are autistic and/or have intellectual disability were analyzed using path analysis. Greater family resilience was significantly associated with fewer child behavior problems, absence of intellectual disability, higher financial status, and greater family functioning, though not school support. These factors might guide future research and practices to support vulnerable families at risk of low resilience.
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Child Behavior;
Resilience (Psychology);
Down Syndrome;
Mental Health;
Quality of Life;
Evidence;
Parents;
Intellectual Disability;
Educational Objectives;
Family Characteristics;
Pandemics;
Emotional Problems;
Autism Spectrum Disorders;
Child Health;
Family Life;
Sibling Relationship;
Financial Problems;
Family Income;
Ecological Factors;
School Support;
Outcomes of Education;
COVID-19;
Behavior Problems;
Path Analysis
Social support;
Economic stress;
Family resources;
Intellectual disabilities;
Autistic children;
COVID-19;
Caregivers;
Pandemics;
Behavior problems;
Children with disabilities;
Family relations;
Resilience;
Parents & parenting;
Socioeconomic factors;
Adaptation;
Families & family life;
Developmental disabilities;
Socioeconomic status;
Quality of life;
Schools;
Stress;
Mental health;
Child & adolescent mental health;
Family school relationship;
Parent-child relations;
Autism;
Children;
People with disabilities
1 Elizaveta Dimitrova and Athanasia Kouroupa, University College London, UK; and Vasiliki Totsika, University College London, UK, Centre for Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, University of Warwick, UK, Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK, and Millennium Institute for Care Research (MICARE), Chile