Parental Positive Thinking Affects Emotional Behavior Problems in Children with ASD:The Chain Mediating Role of Emotion Coaching and Positive Contribution
In this study,the parents of 308 children with autism spectrum disorder(ASD)were investigated by questionnaire.The mediating effects of emotion coaching and parental positive contribution between parents'positive thinking and children's emotional behavior problems were analyzed.The results show that:(1)parental positive thinking could significantly predict the emotional behavior problems of children with ASD;(2)parental emotion coaching and parental positive contribution both play a partial mediating role between positive thinking and emotional behavior problems in children with ASD;(3)parental emotion coaching and parental positive contribution play a chain mediating role in the relationship between parental positive thinking and emotional behavioral problems in children with ASD.