@article{Shobana201416,
title = {Comparative study on attitudes and psychological problems of mothers towards their children with developmental disability},
author = {M Shobana and C Saravanan},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84898619897&partnerID=40&md5=e877e03b868d1a11ed8f859a33057d5d},
issn = {20789947},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-01-01},
journal = {East Asian Archives of Psychiatry},
volume = {24},
number = {1},
pages = {16-22},
publisher = {Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press},
abstract = {Objective: Parents' positive attitudes and psychological wellbeing play an important role in the development of the children with developmental disability. This study aimed to measure the prevalence of psychological problems among mothers of children with autism disorder, intellectual disability, and Down syndrome. The second aim was to assess the differences in mothers' attitudes and psychological problems among their children with intellectual disability, autism disorder, and Down syndrome. The third aim was to identify whether negative attitude was a predictor of psychological problems in these mothers. Methods: In this study, 112 mothers of children having mild and moderate levels of autism disorder, Down syndrome, and intellectual disability were assessed using the Parental Attitude Scale and General Health Questionnaire-28. Results: Overall, mothers of children with intellectual disability were found to have the most negative attitude towards their child. Mothers of children with autism disorder exhibited higher scores on somatic symptoms, anxiety, and social dysfunction when compared with their counterparts with Down syndrome and intellectual disability. Negative attitude was a significant predictor of psychological problems. Conclusion: Parental attitudes and psychological problems would vary among mothers of children with different types of developmental disability. © 2014 Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists.},
note = {cited By 6},
keywords = {Adult, Anxiety, Article, Attitude, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Comparative Study, Depression, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Disorders, Down Syndrome, Education, Female, General Health Questionnaire 28, Home Care, Hostility, Human, Intellectual Disability, Intellectual Impairment, Major Clinical Study, Malaysia, Male, Mental Disorders, Mother Child Relation, Mothers, Named Inventories, Parental Attitude, Parental Attitude Scale, Prevalence, Psychological Well Being, Questionnaires, Rating Scale, School Child, Social Disability},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Freeth20132569,
title = {A cross-cultural comparison of autistic traits in the UK, India and Malaysia},
author = {M Freeth and E Sheppard and R Ramachandran and E Milne},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84886802970&doi=10.1007%2fs10803-013-1808-9&partnerID=40&md5=d8acde51c0626be3862facc1d6bc493c},
doi = {10.1007/s10803-013-1808-9},
issn = {01623257},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
journal = {Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders},
volume = {43},
number = {11},
pages = {2569-2583},
abstract = {The disorder of autism is widely recognised throughout the world. However, the diagnostic criteria and theories of autism are based on research predominantly conducted in Western cultures. Here we compare the expression of autistic traits in a sample of neurotypical individuals from one Western culture (UK) and two Eastern cultures (India and Malaysia), using the Autism-spectrum Quotient (AQ) in order to identify possible cultural differences in the expression of autistic traits. Behaviours associated with autistic traits were reported to a greater extent in the Eastern cultures than the Western culture. Males scored higher than females and science students scored higher than non-science students in each culture. Indian students scored higher than both other groups on the Imagination sub-scale, Malaysian students scored higher than both other groups on the Attention Switching sub-scale. The underlying factor structures of the AQ for each population were derived and discussed. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.},
note = {cited By 39},
keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Article, Asian Continental Ancestry Group, Attention, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism Spectrum Quotient, Communication Skills, Comparative Study, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Cultural Factor, Ethnicity, Female, Great Britain, Human, Human Experiment, Imagination, India, Indian, Malaysia, Male, Personality, Phenotype, Postgraduate Student, Priority Journal, Psychometry, Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Social Adaptation, Spectrum, Students, Undergraduate Student, United Kingdom, Young Adult},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}