Yu, Chun-yeung, IsaacChun-yeung, IsaacYu2012-10-112012-10-112012http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/852Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.) -- Hong Kong Shue Yan University, 2012.Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-79).xi, 119 p.The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parenting and problematic behaviours exhibited by children with autistic disorder. The study examined the influence of global parenting typologies, authoritative and authoritarian, on autistic children’s self-injurious, stereotyped, and aggressive behaviours. A total of 58 participants (11 fathers and 47 mothers) who have children (50 boys and 8 girls) with autistic disorder were included in this study. Parents were invited to fill a self-report questionnaire regarding their demographic information, their parenting behaviours, their children’s level of autistic disorder, and also their children’s problematic behaviours. The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), Parenting Behaviour Questionnaire (PBQ), and Problematic Behaviour Inventory (PBI) were used to measure the above captioned variables respectively. Results revealed that authoritarian parenting and parental verbal hostility was significantly predictive of autistic children’s aggressive behaviours; while a high level of authoritative parenting was associated with a significantly lower level of children’s self-injurious and aggressive behaviours. Significant differences of children’s problematic behaviours were also observed between high and low level practice of some specific authoritative and authoritarian parenting strategies. The findings of this study partially supported the positive and negative outcomes of previous parenting research; while some of the findings were not consistent, especially for those related to the positive outcomes in a high level of authoritarian parenting practice. These findings suggested the influence of cultural factors on parenting styles and a further investigation on the factors contributing to the cultural differences on parenting is warranted.eng chiAutism in children.Parents of autistic children.Autistic children Family relationships.Thesis